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See for me I honestly don't give a flying f*** if a loss takes place.
The act of obtaining copyrighted digital content that is for sale without paying for it is wrong. It doesn't matter if there is a clear, quantifiable loss, it's wrong and there should be a penalty if you're caught with it, even if it's stuff the person would never would have bought. If they didn't pay for it, they shouldn't be able to get the enjoyment of having their own copy of the content.
The act itself is wrong. Just like drunk driving isn't only a crime if you get into an accident--I mean there was no harm or loss that occured if they didn't hit anything etc. Or various things like prostitution, illegal drug use, etc. are illegal even if there's no harm to anyone but the people willingly involved etc.
Harm/loss to others/society aren't requirements for things to be crime. There doesn't have to be an absolute loss that occurs for something to be wrong and to be subject to criminal penalties.
Every illegal download/upload is wrong and should be a misdemeanor criminal act IMO. Though again, I'll concede that enforcement probably has to focus just on the uploaders.
You seem to feel differently, and that's fine. We'll just have to agree to disagree as we're just both re-iterating the same points over and over.
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