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Originally Posted by Lanik42
We've covered that before actually...
If you want the dictionary definition, it is:
So no, if you download a book for personal use, you are not taking and carrying away someone else's stuff (it's still there) and you're not selling it.... it's not theft. Copyright infringement depending on location and circumstances perhaps, something of that sort... but it is not theft.
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It sounds to me like we’re getting hung up on a.) semantics, and b.) the fact that the words stealing and theft were coined and defined before folks could even conceive of electronic distribution, file sharing, etc. I don’t care if we call it Shirley, the bottom-line is, you’re taking, for free, something that has a real monetary value.