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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
I agree with this to the extent that the material in question is not commercially available. However, when and if it is, and rather than purchase a legitimate copy, an individual seeks out and downloads a file from a filesharing site, well, again, it is, in essence, stealing.
The music industry was pretty much brought to its knees as a result of filesharing, to suggest that it is just some minor offense that does not equal stealing, seems, to me, disingenuous.
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<Deleted by me for politeness sakes. Apologies if this offended anyone> The industry was not brought to its knees by file-sharing, it's not even had to take a bow. Sure, it made a little less profit year to year, but it still made billions in profit. That's just another myth perpetrated by those who just don't understand what P2P is actually about.