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Re:Pirate Apple App Store Innovates With ‘Reverse BitTorrent’ by stevenp on Sunday December 26, 2010 @01:37PM (#2040946)
Does that mean if I steal a yacht that it's not theft because I wouldn't have bought one anyway? Your logic seems flawed to me.
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Re:Pirate Apple App Store Innovates With ‘Reverse BitTorrent’ by alextgordon on Sunday December 26, 2010 @01:41PM (#2040955)
A better analogy would be drawing up plans from his yacht and using them to build another yacht for yourself. This is illegal, but it would be silly to claim that it is "stealing" from the yacht manufacturer.
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Re:Pirate Apple App Store Innovates With ‘Reverse BitTorrent’ by ramidarigaz on Sunday December 26, 2010 @01:43PM (#2040958)
It's stealing because you're depriving someone of that yacht. It's not a lost sale because you wouldn't have bought one.
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Re:Pirate Apple App Store Innovates With ‘Reverse BitTorrent’ by ugh on Sunday December 26, 2010 @01:47PM (#2040966)
It’s not really important whether it’s ‘theft’ or not, that’s just not relevant to the question whether it is morally acceptable or not.
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