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Old 03-29-2008, 05:32 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by Libertine View Post
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.

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).
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