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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
What if I don't break any laws? Why is it that in some countries (highly civilized countries, I may add) there is no breaking of the law involved when a private individual downloads content that might infringe copyright? Does this make the entire country unlawful, illegitimate, immoral? I am still trying to understand: Are you against people who might be breaking the law, or are you against those who download "pirated" content?
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Personally I think that such laws are wrong, Alex, but:
a) I have a personal stake in this, so I am extremely biased.
b) Every country in the world has laws which some people think are bad.
Does it make the country immoral? No, of course it doesn't.
I am against those who download pirated content, and the reason I am is that I see my software, which I've worked damned hard on for 20+ years, illegally offered for sale on eBay, uploaded to Usenet newsgroups, etc, on a virtually weekly basis, and it hurts to see that, so I hope you'll understand that I do take it personally
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