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Originally Posted by pylon
I have always posed this example to content Pirates.
If you could duplicate an exact replica of a Calgary Flames ticket, that guaranteed you access to the arena for games, would you use it to print tickets for personal use? If your answer is no, then you should be against piracy, because it is the exact same thing. If you rip a counterfeit album you have no tangible "thing". If you pirate admission to a game neither do you as well. Like c'mon.... have you seen the price for those new fangly hockey tickets, they are expensive as hell. I should steal them because I am OWED the right to admission, because I like the team. Same goes for airline tickets. Damn flights overseas are pricey. I should pirate those too. Hey Jetfuel, and 777 maintenance is free right?
The only reason people are piracy apologists, is so they can justify the fact they know they are stealing someone else's product or service.
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Where do you draw the line though? Is something like using a VPN for US Netflix piracy? Yeah someone who does that is paying for the service, but the rights holders aren't being compensated for it being viewed in Canada. Is that stealing? Or my friend who cancelled cable and uses unblock.us to get Blue Jays games with MLB.tv, is that stealing?