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Originally Posted by Desertway
It is not easy to argue morality in this venue. I'm not going to try and develop my moral position from certain first premises, or talk about when piracy becomes civil disobedience (which would require the determination that the publisher's current behavior is immoral). We could argue forever.
I'll just say that it is not my experience that most of the material available via the DarkNet is "orphaned" or no longer available by any other means. Much of the books, music, movies, etc, that can be downloaded gratis can also be purchased. And most of the people downloading simply prefer not to pay.
People want what they want, in whatever form they want it. And they want it now. For free.
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Not only are you right that most of the material available is not orphaned. Most of the stuff downloaded is very new and available to the public. While some of this new material is carrying a premium price tag. It is not that way for all of it. Much of it can be obtained at fairly decent prices.
The thing is that some of the people want it free no matter what. While others have the opinion that corporations are evil and you should do anything possible to hurt them finacially. I believe that one person in this discussion feels this way very strongly due to his support for anarchist groups.