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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
Well, if all you mean is that you don't like piracy as much as you don't like stealing, and that you don't see a difference morally then, of course, I don't have an issue with you saying that.
I doubt very much that society will "catch up" with this view, however, because this problem is not new, and history suggests that society will not implement laws that treat copying as theft. I don't think that laws of any kind are the answer.
As others have said, the answer to piracy is providing quality and convenience at a fair price. If the publishers addressed these issues, piracy would not be a problem.
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I never said anything about laws. What about abstinence? What about people doing what is right? You can't blame criminal activity on the publishers or the pricing, that's just an excuse to support the criminal act.