While questionable, it isn't as bad as stealing, since no real object/money is taken. In my opinion loss of "potential revenue" is quite shaky justification for treating illegal dowloading as thievery. It's like arresting someone because they potentially could cause harm (economic or other) to someone else.
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Why is downloading "illegally" really illegal?
- 19/01/2011 03:30:57 PM
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you can't legally record and distribute TV shows
- 19/01/2011 05:21:06 PM
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Re: you can't legally record and distribute TV shows
- 19/01/2011 09:52:48 PM
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Many shows (especially sports) forbid the duplication of said show in a statement or the credits.
- 20/01/2011 03:22:10 AM
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I haven't been able to read the credits for TV shows in years.
- 20/01/2011 03:51:40 AM
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Ignorance of the law is not a valid defence *NM*
- 21/01/2011 01:21:25 PM
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How do you figure that?
- 21/01/2011 02:08:13 PM
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Re: How do you figure that?
- 22/01/2011 08:33:04 PM
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A lot of it's volume.
- 19/01/2011 05:32:03 PM
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Your argument lacks merit.
- 19/01/2011 05:50:11 PM
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Both terms lack accuracy in this case really.
- 19/01/2011 06:37:29 PM
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In my opinion
- 19/01/2011 09:22:29 PM
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We need to distinguish between a crime and a tort.
- 19/01/2011 10:17:30 PM
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Very interesting.
- 19/01/2011 10:28:35 PM
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Another scrabble word for you is "delict". That's what we call tort in Scotland.
- 19/01/2011 10:37:08 PM
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Very nice legal overview, also I like Scotland's approach a lot
- 19/01/2011 11:21:47 PM
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The case that decided information can't be stolen dates from 1987.
- 20/01/2011 09:35:31 AM
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Unfortunately, damages can result in thousands of dollars for one song
- 22/01/2011 08:19:40 PM
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Here's the US answer on the VCR thing, and how it relates to today's copyright problems
- 19/01/2011 11:35:31 PM
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Re: Here's the US answer on the VCR thing, and how it relates to today's copyright problems *NM*
- 19/01/2011 11:37:56 PM
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Re: Here's the US answer on the VCR thing, and how it relates to today's copyright problems
- 20/01/2011 12:49:55 AM
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It won't get you very many points.