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by jeofken 2003 days ago
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.

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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.

I agree that copyright law does not make sense