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Re:Book Piracy as Peer Preservation by hiou on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:06PM (#12166589)
So if I start a pizza place across the street from another pizza place I'm a thief? Or even worse gave away free pizza!? The horror. Didn't realize it was a basic human right for a business to make a profit. Nor did I realize it was the governments responsibility to ensure a business makes a profit. Enlightening stuff I'm learning today.
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Re:Book Piracy as Peer Preservation by chris_va on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @01:57PM (#12167509)
Sarcasm aside, I think you missed the point of my statement.

If you illegally take away income from a business, it can be classified as theft. If you do something else illegal that doesn't take away income, it would be hard to classify it as theft. Apologies if I was cryptic.

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