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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
There is absolutely no excuse for stealing anything. Period! Pirating cannot be justified in any manner because it's theft. Whether or not you agree with hollywood's pricing has absolutely nothing to do with the fact you are illegally gaining access to their products without paying for it.
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Of course you paid the creator of your avatar for using it, right?
Copyright infringement is not the same as theft. I'm not saying piracy is excusable, but before we continue the discussion, we need to get this straight. A tangible good or service (hockey games and other events) is not the same as something that exists only as 1s and 0s. Digital products can be reproduced infinitely, so you need to remove the supply side of the economic equation. Yes, the initial creators needs to be compensated, but to create artificial scarcity of a common good is greedy, so it's not surprising that even normal people (who would never steal a wallet) choose to pirate.