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Posted by Don M. on 09/14/05 17:37
"Karrde" wrote in message news:43284c24_3@x-privat.org...
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> "Don M." wrote in message news:8fWdneIQFtofWrreRVnyig@giganews.com...
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> >> If something is the "moral equivalent" to stealing, why would it not BE
> >> stealing?
> >
> > You may be right. Greed is the moral equivalent to stealing, so perhaps
> > the entertainment
> > industry IS stealing.
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> Justification for crappy behavior. Do you think it's okay to steal a pair
> of shoes because you think Nike charges more than YOU decide they should?
> There is so much wrong with that attitude that I can't even begin to scratch
> the surface of it.
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Hey, brains. Where did I say it was ok to steal material property from greedy people?
Where did I justify either copyright infringement or stealing? They're both punishable
under current law, however differently, as you probably don't know.
> > OTOH, copyright infringement is neither the moral nor the legal
> > equivalent to stealing.
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> "Legal" does not concern me. There is plenty that is legal that shouldn't
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Your lack of concern for "legal" IS morally wrong. Copyright infrigement is illegal and
stealing is illegal.
> be, and even more things that are incorrectly deemed illegal by the justice
> system. What concerns me in this debate is the moral. Copyright
> infringement IS morally wrong. What's more is that, in the case of the
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Your attempt to equate copyright infringement with stealing just to promote your point IS
morally wrong.
> Episode 3 DVD, the print was stolen and copies made. It's not like somebody
> bought the DVD and put it up on the net for others to download. If somebody
> stole a big screen TV from Best Buy, would you be comfortable buying it from
> them? Would you feel justified if the crook just gave it to you?
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You mean, if the crook gave me a reproduction of the big screen TV, and the original was
still at Best Buy? I might consider, since I don't usually question where gifts come
from. "Did you steal the book you're giving me?" Hmmmm, it doesn't sound right.
Don
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