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Originally Posted by rlauzon
You've taken the misguided stand that "breaking the law" = "wrong".
Sometimes the law is in the wrong. That's why we have court systems.
Again, you have mistaken "downloading" with "stealing". If I have a paper copy of Harry Potter 7 on my desk that I legally purchased, how can downloading the eBook version be "stealing"? The author has received payment.
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Wow! Do you think about some of these concepts before you type them? I believe I know who is the misguided one here...
Even in the vaguest interpretation of "fair use" laws, downloading an illegally distributed product simply because you happen to own a legal copy doesn't hold up. So you're saying if I purchase a car, I can have someone steal another one for me and I'm covered legally? I didn't "steal" anything... Somebody else did... The dealer still got their money from me, how could obtaining another "copy" through illegal channels be wrong? Just try to explain that to any judge...
I also find your argument of "value to the author" entertaining. Do you honestly believe that there is
any business that does not pass "value to the originator" on to the consumer? Pure delusion... You can guarantee that any costs incurred in production of anything makes it's way downstream. The originator of the concept needs some specialized equipment? That goes under the umbrella of research and development. Yes, the specialized equipment has absolutely no value whatsoever to the end user, but it's necessary in creating the product, so the consumer is definitely going to pay for it. Any other method of thinking is simply naive.
Such equipment a cost of doing business? Absolutely not. If a business does not make money, it does not continue to exist. Every little cost a company incurs to produce something has to be paid for. Businesses exist to make money. Nobody can simply continue to pay for expenses out of pocket as a cost of doing business. That only lasts until you either go bankrupt or bleed your investors dry. Remember, the investors are in it to make money as well. You can count on the producer of any product including any "cost of doing business" as part of their fee. Sure, they may not include the total cost of a specialized item in a single purchase, but you can guarantee their base fee goes up as a whole.
It's a mind numbingly simply concept. Any business that can not overcome the "cost" associated with said business fails to be a business for very long.