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Old 06-16-2010, 05:06 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald View Post
Just because you aren't taking a physical object doesn't mean you aren't stealing. If you don't compensate someone for what you are taking, in this case the author's creation, you are stealing! There is nothing to decide when it comes to the morality of stealing!
Using that logic, every time you buy a second hand paperback you are stealing because the author is not compensated.
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