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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
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.
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Like the book you loan from a friend? Or when you sing Happy Birthday to a child without written consent from the copyright owner? Or you listen to a song on the radio and don't purchase, immediately, the track from Itunes?