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Originally posted by Lebell
Technical note:
They are guilty of copyright infringement, which is not the same as thievery. (It's true. Look up the definitions.)
Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.
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While technically true, I believe that's splitting hairs. The ramifications of downloading copyrighted materials are the same as theft. You are taking money from the "owner" of the product. In fact, it's probably even worse, because ask anyone in the music industry how many jobs have been lost because of the state of the labels. I won't directly attribute 100% of that to piracy, but it is a great portion of the problem. Those jobs that are being lost aren't the presidents/upper management. It's the warehouse picker/packer, the junior sales reps, and the customer service team that get downsized.
Sorry Lebell. I know you didn't mean that by stating the difference in definition, you were either condoning piracy or not.
