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Originally Posted by MrBlueSky
Ho hum, repeat after me until it sinks in...
File-coping is not stealing. Period.
It follows therefore, that one cannot turn into a thief for doing so. Simple.
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File copying is not stealing, except where the file contents are copyright-protected.
And yeah, I know that the owner didn't "lose" anything tangible, and that "information wants to be free," and so on.
Ho, hum.
I
do understand why people do it. I also understand anger at the clueless publishers. I also know that much/most piracy doesn't represent lost sales (and in some cases may even be good for the author). And I believe that current copyright law is a bit ridiculous, and likely to get worse (not to mention the DMCA and its ilk).
All well and good. It's still taking something of value, for which I would prefer to see the creator compensated.