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What do you mean by your first sentence? Didn't really understand. Regardless of whether you make a copy or remove the original, you are taking the property of
by andrewcamel 15y ago
What do you mean by your first sentence? Didn't really understand.
Regardless of whether you make a copy or remove the original, you are taking the property of another party without its permission to do so. That, by definition, is stealing. (see first entry in dictionary.com link)
Free PR makes up for lost sales, but would you choose 100 sales or 100 people that got your product for free, but might go tell other people about it?
- icebraining 15y ago> you are taking the property of another party Making a copy is not "taking".
- andrewcamel 15y agoicebraining: You copy something. You have taken it. It still exists where it originally did, but you still took it because you now have it in your possession. You can't keep justifying taking something without paying for it (stealing) with semantics. Here's another argument for you. When a producer sells a piece of content, it is selling you a copy. You are paying for a copy. If you choose to not pay for a copy, you are effectively stealing a copy from the producer.