[toyg]

Stealing is the wrong word, but then we've had this conversation for 30 years so clearly you know what you're doing. If you must, "freeloading" would probably be a better term.

> Artists are paid by exposition I guess!

If it allowed them to pick political candidates and set the nation's agenda, yeah, I guess they would be.

[rat9988]

> so clearly you know what you're doing

??

> freeloading

No I chose stealing for a reason. Freeloading is not the right term. I'm not a native english speaker, freeloading seems to mean "to impose upon another's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility involved". It's not the right word to convey my idea.

[toyg]

It's definitely closer than "stealing", which implies the deprivation of a resource - something that clearly isn't the case in the digital realm.

> "to impose upon another's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility involved"

This is precisely what another user here accused me of, so I would say it fits very well.