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Re: OT: Which is better: XP or 2000? > Another Piracy Discussion
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Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
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Originally posted by JayBdey:
Stealing would require me to take something, thus depriving the owner of use of the original. If I steal a car the car is gone, the owner no longer has it. But If I download some software, someone who payed for it doesn't loose their ability to use it. I have only made a copy. One more copy exists, at no cost to the maker (admittedly, at no profit either)
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Thus, his narrow definition of stealing that is contradicted by the real definitions of stealing... |