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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Since when did it become okay to commit any form of crime?
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Who's saying it is ok?
As already pointed out, there's a difference between a reason and a justification.
There's a reason people speed, jaywalk, steal their nighbour's wifi, and download copyrighted material. Those reasons don't make the actions legal, but the reasons should inform the discussion about the laws and if they need changing.
Enforcement isn't the only aspect to consider.
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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
Another point to consider - perhaps someone can answer this for me.
I want to watch the first season of Friends. The first season is readily available to me (technically) skewn across the multitude of Cable channels I already subscribe to, and could probably be collected by me via PVR if I was not being lazy, over the course of a week or two.
Is that stealing if I download it illegally?
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A perfect example, strictly speaking it's probably illegal to download depending on the source (i.e. was a digital lock broken to get the content, etc). Is it immoral? I don't think so.
So the government can either serve the industry by creating laws that support their attempts to limit things and enforce the status quo, or the government can create laws that serve society and try to balance the rights holders and consumers rights, so the rights holders would have to keep pace with society rather than trying to hold it back.