[Fyron]

First off, note that I often play devil's advocate for the sake of debate. Not everything I post is actually a representation of my personal views. The relative nature of morality is, but not everything else is. This of course does not invalidate any post I have made, so please do not commit that fallacy.

So by your own statements making copies and distributing them is illegal. If it is illegal is it not theft? Are you saying it's illegal by some other basis but it is not theft? Is that how it can be illegal and not immoral?

Please note that I never once said whether making copies and distributing them is morally right or wrong. It is certainly illegal, but legal and moral are wholely unrelated concepts. They sometimes coincide, but that is more often than not coincidence, and is again all relative. Some laws are based on certain moral views, but those moral views are relative, and they change continuously with the passage of time. Actions that were immoral at one point are moral now, and vice versa. Right back to the relative nature of morality.

Or are you sayign that theft is not immoral according to broad US culture?

I am not saying either way. I am not talking about theft in general either, but a very specific action. The crux of the original question of the thread is whether it is immoral or not, which (like everything) is open to debate.

I am not that suprised you are having problems with this though.

I have not had any problems, as I have not stated anything in regards to the morality of the action.

These are the sorts of conundrums you find yourself in when you don't have moral absolutes.

You are having more conundrums than I am Geo.