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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober
Lets say back in 1977 I bought a vinyl of 'Never Mind The Bolocks' by the Sex Pistols. And I played it so much, that it wore out, so in 1978 I bought another copy...
Then I bought it again, on cassete, but the cassette got chewed up, so I bought another cassette to replace it...
When CDs arrived in the early 90s, I bought a copy on CD, and when I moved to America, I didn't bring it with me, so I bought another CD in the USA... (Which I have since misplaced)
Now 6 years later, I buy an mp3 player. Am I supposed to buy it again, via itunes, or can I feel justified in going to the pirate bay?
After all, I have already bought and paid for the album 6 times in the past... So should I feel I need to pay again?
Let me just state that the reason I say this is theoretical, is simply because whatever I choose to do, is 100% my own biz, and I'm not asking for permission. I am simply interested in your thoughts on the above situation, from an ethical viewpoint!
Please Discuss...
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Would you feel entitled to walk into a record shop and steal another copy of the vinyl ? Would you consider that you were entitled to do this because you had bought a previous copy.
I suspect not.
I further suspect that if you were the record shop owner you would feel that you were within your rights to stop some feckless prick from stealing your stock, and I can guarantee that you would not give a flying fuck how entitled the thieving scroat believed him self to be.
I really do not understand the argument here. Stealing is against the law.
You are only even considering stealing someone else's property because there is no mechanism to punish you for doing so.
