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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Oh I totally agree about the justification of piracy. It doesn't matter how you justify it, piracy is piracy.
Let's be honest here. The majority of people download because it's easy to do, saves them money, and they aren't going to get caught. Maybe I'm being too pessimistic about the human race, but I really do think only a small percentage of people actually feel morally guilty of stealing if they can get away with it.
If hypothetically, there was a way for you to steal gas at your gas store without ever being caught, would the majority of people do it? I tend to think they would. You would justify it by saying "oh, the big corporations make billions of dollars, what's my small action going to do?". They might not realize that this is stealing from the local gas station owner, who may have to pay the shortage.
That's exactly what happening with the online downloading. People think big corporations and celebrities make a crap load of money as is. They don't think about the bit actors or the writers and production crew who make the same wages that you and I make being affected.
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I absolutely agree. If I'm not going to get caught, I feel little guilt in stealing. That's not to say I spend my days and nights in an alcohol fueled rage stealing things, it's just that if given an opportunity to do something immoral and anonymous, I'm going to have to be honest and say I'd go for it (assuming the action falls within my personal realm of acceptable behaviour).