Illegal File Sharing May Be Banned in Japan > Good luck

reply to BF69

Re: Good luck

Well you know what they say about ASSumptions, which I think applies well here. You are mixing issues. Stealing, and illegal are not the same thing. Refusing to comply with a set of rules that are designed by, and tilted in someone else's self-perceived favor is not stealing. Here is why I say this. Lets take two situations. #1 I download a movie, and watch it. #2 I Tivo a movie from Network TV, and watch it. Neither scenario places in, or takes money out of the studios pocket. Frankly they hate the idea of either one of these two scenarios. If they had they're way, I have to pay for it if I even thought of watching the movie. But the fact is that one of these methods happens to fit under the current rule of Copyright law, and the other doesn't. Frankly I don't give a rats ass, and have no moral issue, because neither of these actions are stealing.
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With every new wave of optimism, or pessimism, we are ready to abandon history, and time tested principles, but we cling tenaciously and unquestioningly to our prejudices. (Benjamin Graham)