[wolco2]

After stealing the newspaper?

[jeofken]

Browsing the web is equivalent of your butler shouting to another butler to please GET /some/page, and the other butler then kindly replying with a document.

Theft requires the action to not be voluntary, but a web server replying with a page is free to reject my request. It is entirely moral.

[wolco2]

The torrent accepts my clients request.

My mp3 player will play that song you downloaded as well.

It's like your butler downloading a torrent with a song played to you.

I won't argue pirating is not moral. But it has the same morality as blocking ads.

[jeofken]

I agree that copyright law does not make sense

[BlewisJS]

Is it amoral to turn the volume down during radio ads?

[wolco2]

I don't think it's amoral just the same as pirate movies.

It's the same.

[jamil7]

Stealing a free newspaper?

[wolco2]

Newspapers like the New York Times?

The free ones they hand out in subways contain 80% ads. If you cut the ads out you will have nothing left to hold onto.