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Originally Posted by Libertine
Downloading copyrighted materials isn't theft.
You have an orange. I take your orange. You don't have an orange anymore.
Theft.
You have a song. I take a copy of your song. You still have a song.
Not theft.
Illegal? Yes. Immoral? Possibly. Theft? No.
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great post, now if you can explain that to steve "captain caveman" jones we would be getting somewhere
However i would make one change
it only illegal if you don't have a fair use right to the content (backup, recovery, time shifting) or you haven't paid for the content thru your taxes (canadians and the CIRA ruling).