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Re:Ask HN: What are the strongest moral arguments against pi... by csallen on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @03:24AM (#3589156)

  > But, you don't have to, and if you don't I can continue
    not buying it for as long as I want - but I can not just
    say, "I don't like your terms of use, I'll just pirate it
    anyway".
I'll ask you what I asked someone else. What if me, you, and a few others are hunter gatherers living off the land. I somehow get the bright idea to build a house on some land, herd animals, and grow crops. Then I say, if anyone else wants to copy this, it'll cost you 10,000 bananas. So what's the verdict - is it right for me to have a monopoly on my idea? I came up with it after all. Is it immoral for you to copy it without paying what I ask?

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