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Originally Posted by tompe
You asked a moral question:
So your answer to why you are so deserving to take it without giving compensation to the true owners is that you follow the law?
I would say that laws do not specify that you are deserving.
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This makes absolutely no sense.
The word "deserving" refered to the justification people use for helping themselves to something that does not legally belong to them.
Twisting a statement to suit your purposes has pretty much been the standard in this thread. There is no true justification for pirating someone else's property (whether digital or physical). The main excuses by those who do it is that they want it so they take it and since it's only a "copy" they aren't really hurting anyone. I think if you were the one who sweated heart and soul to produce something for which you would like compensation, you would feel quite differently. I have stated that I think the Royalty system is antiquated and don't have a solution. I do know, however, what the law states and pirating something for your own use without the consent of the owner is . . . wait for it . . . illegal.