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How is downloading cracked software or stolen movies an ethical issue?

• drdaeman 11y ago
  Primarily, it's a legal issue. Although I genuinely wonder what came first - the discussion of ethics of "stealing" books or discussion of ethics of passed copyright laws.
  • eli 11y ago
    So blocking ads is ethical because it's legal? That doesn't sound right.
    • drdaeman 11y ago
      As for ads - I suppose if there is an ongoing ethics discussion already (and I believe there is), then it's ethical issue. Not sure, though. It's comparison that's didn't sound right to me. I'm just not sure it's well-comparable, because I suppose the major ethical debate about copyright infringement came from the existence of copyright laws. Which is not the case for ad-blocking.