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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Piracy is stealing. It is unethical, immoral, and illegal. A crook’s a crook, and a low-life’s a low-life. Theiving, criminally-minded scum are the reason the rest of us are forced to contend with the evils of DRM.
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I really can't see what piracy has to do with DRM. Guys in boats off Somalia? Big non-sequitor. I think you mean COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, which, come to think of it is not stealing or theft. It's COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. Different laws, you see?
Secondly, I think you can make a strong argument that "theiving [sic], criminally minded scum" are the reason we can now buy DRM-free mp3s at Amazon, Itunes, etc. Unless the "scum" refers to (eg) music company execs (payola, etc), you may have it backward.