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Originally Posted by PKFFW
Likening illegal downloads to borrowing a book from the library or a friend is a bit specious.
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Likening it to material theft or piracy--piracy!--is at least as specious. The reality is not one extreme caricature or the other, but a bit of both: yes, it is illegal and yes, it is sharing information. The act is simultaneously a small injury and a small kindness to everyone involved.