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Old 03-11-2010, 11:36 AM   #132
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Originally Posted by HansTWN View Post
That is a matter for a completely different discussion. But I don't think somebody else's wrongdoing should be an excuse to justify one's own.
I'm not trying to justify anything. As I said, I think that some copyright infringement is wrong - the clearest case for me being: copying a book by a living author that's available digitally, rather than buying it, when you don't have a copy in another format.

What I was reacting against was the label "felony" being banded about in a discussion about copyright infringement, which seems to me to be disproportionate - hence my comparison with some other things that are worth getting upset about.
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