Posted by M.B. on 01/01/06 18:02

Walter R. wrote:
> Your argument is compelling. However, you are confusing *stealing* with
> *frugality*.
>
> I would never dream of buying a $ 20 DVD to see a crummy old movie. By
> copying an existing copy, I am not stealing: I am not depriving anyone of
> anything, which would be the essence of stealing. By copying a CD, instead
> of buying one which I would never do, I merely enhance my own standard of
> living without depriving any poor starving artist of anything. Just because
> something is against a stupid law, it is not immoral, as stealing would be.
>
> No, I don't want the nice bookshelf with brand new DVDs, as suggested by
> you. I just want the ethereal content of old DVDs.
>
> Ha!
>

You're an ass. You're stealing. Plain and simple. And if you don't
have the smarts to figure out how to properly make copies of
COPY-PROTECTED DVDs, then you deserve what you get.

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