 75153785
join:2009-03-24
Downers Grove, IL | reply to fifty nine
Re: Nice.. You are not stealing the music or movie, true, but you are stealing the license and by association are depriving the rights owner of compensation. It is akin to "stealing" cable. If you hook yourself up illegally that does not directly reduce the supply of content for paying customers like stealing a CD or DVD from a store would, but the cable company is not getting the revenue they should from your use. Some might argue that the cable company is in the same bed with the AA's but that is another discussion.
By your definition I shouldn't have to pay for satellite TV since my unauthorized use does not cost Dish anything. |
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 dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | No, an illegal cable or sat connection is theft of service.
Copying a file is Copyright Infringement.
While illegal, no theft occurs.
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75153785
join:2009-03-24
Downers Grove, IL | Interesting but flawed defense. The only difference is the wording of a law. Practically, there is zero difference. That performance you are "not" stealing is indeed a service. |
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You can't steal something which was never issued, so you're not stealing the license. |
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 BetaTronSinzPremium
join:2002-08-18
Brooklyn, NY | reply to 75153785
said by 75153785:Interesting but flawed defense. The only difference is the wording of a law. Practically, there is zero difference. That performance you are "not" stealing is indeed a service. It's not his or anyone's defense; it's the law. |
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to fifty nine
said by fifty nine:You can't steal something which was never issued, so you're not stealing the license. Personally, I think the RI/MPAA have their collective heads up their respective asses but this is a pure straw man. The original recording was licensed for play and that license carries with the recording. |
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dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | reply to 75153785
Cable or sat, is/are provided and kept up as a service... as is power or water.
A digital file in inert.
Copying a digital file does not require upkeep or maintenance.
Yes, they are vastly different! 
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I agree it is a straw man but the word "stealing" is often used to stir emotion.
Emotion is never a sound basis for public policy. |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5
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said by 75153785:Interesting but flawed defense. The only difference is the wording of a law. Practically, there is zero difference. <tongue in cheek>In related news, 75153785  declares that the only difference between speeding, murder, and copyright infringement is the wording of the law. As they are all crimes, they practically the same thing.</tongue in cheek>
The fact that they have differences in the wording of the law makes it impossible for them to be "practically...zero difference". Saying that theft and copyright infringement is the same is just showing legal ignorance. |
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