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Originally Posted by Lo Zeno
Do you live in a country where "traditional interpretation of islamic laws" are applied?
If not, ask YOUR lawmakers why do they fine you if you download a digital copy of a book. Because they do. I don't care about morality, ethics, religions, any-other-nonsense-philosophical-bullshit:FACTS ARE THAT all north american countries, central american countries, all european countries, and almost every south american country except maybe two fine you if you share and download digital content without purchasing it; more than that, fifteen (but maybe more) European countries (I admit ignorance about American countries) consider it on par to unauthorized appropriation.
And lo and behold, unauthorized appropriation is another word for stealing.
Now, in my previous post I was just angry and tired because an interesting discussion derailed on an infertile road; now, I have made my last point.
I can't care less if you don't agree with what lawmakers decided. If lawmakers decided that sharing content (and in way too many cases sharing content is not limited to internet sharing: it includes photocopies, and as many of you keep forgetting photocopying a book and selling those photocopies has always been forbidden in almost every western country) is a crime, then you can only suck it up and obey, or get fined/go to jail. Or, you can become a politician and try to change the laws.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong again. I have no idea why you brought up Islamic Law, seems strangely incoherent. But in my country (the UK) and most of europe, the sharing of digital material without monetary gain comes under Copyright Infringement, a civil, not a criminal matter. You might be fined in my country (nobody has yet) for uploading but not downloading (not considered a civil infraction). They may even get you on a technicality, but if the sharing of copyrighted material were actually 'theft' you wouldn't be able to access Google, this site wouldn't be running for you to post your ill-informed claims (most of the youtube videos and avatars are under copyright and would not be allowed) and you'd miss out on a hell of a lot of culture you now enjoy.
Again, for those terminally under the dissillusion that the old world actually exists on the internet:
Sharing is caring
Sharing is not theft
At worst it is copyright infringement
At best it is the extension of our natural inclination to gather and foster knowledge