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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
3) There's no such thing as a right to be able to obtain anything you want. So no one trampled on any of your rights.
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No there isn't. But there is such thing as the right to be treated like everyone else, without prejudice or discrimination.
It is illegal to say "We don't serve the blacks in our pub" or "We don't accept the jews as tenants". It is apparently still legal to say "We don't serve the British in our store", or "This book cannot be sold to Europeans or Asians or Africans or anyone who's not American". But it is just as wrong and immoral as far as I'm concerned, as well as eminently pointless in an age when anyone can obtain a pirated copy of the book free of charge. So if I'm not allowed a chance to reward the author for his work, due to the obsolete and discriminatory business practices of his publishers, then I'm perfectly happy to enjoy the book for free. The lost profit the author has suffered is entirely the fault of his publishers, who refused to accept my money. From me he has suffered no real damage whatsoever. Which is why your point 3) is invalid, and your entire argumentation collapses with it.