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by rfd4sgmk8u 1568 days ago
If a webserver sent me an exact copy of your car but encased in ice, and I used an ice pick to carve it out, you would still have your car, and i would have a copy of your car. That the web server wants to me buy a flame thrower to melt the ice is irrelivent.

Stealing does not apply to digital goods. You cannot deprive anyone of something infinitely replicable. You can only prevent those that you do not deem worthy to access it. and that attitude makes a person a bad person.
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picardythird 1568 days ago
So if I break in to Microsoft, stick a USB in their computers, and steal the source code for Windows, it's not stealing because it's just digital information that's infinitely reproducible? Keep in mind: nothing physical was stolen.

People lose their jobs because they are digital content creators and the attitude is that paying for intellectual property is uncool.

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rfd4sgmk8u 1568 days ago
Sounds like breaking and entering to me, but I am not a lawyer. Not legal advice.
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picardythird 1568 days ago
I think you would be charged with more than that.
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