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Re:Editorial: "How piracy changed my life" by drivebyacct2 on Saturday December 01, 2012 @07:14PM (#4859530)
Why don't you try to stop preemptively dismissing other people. Calling it "immoral" doesn't mean anything unless you define morality and that's a loaded gun. The point is that legally, there is a distinction between depriving others of property and infringing on a copyright.

If they're different crimes, they're treated differently, addressed differently, etc... how on Earth is it not relevant to discuss?

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Re:Editorial: "How piracy changed my life" by robryan on Saturday December 01, 2012 @10:26PM (#4859960)
Do we need to define them as moral or immoral though? They are different crimes but both crimes currently.
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Re:Editorial: "How piracy changed my life" by demetrius on Sunday December 02, 2012 @03:33AM (#4860577)
Crime is something defined by law. Law can get wrong, and very often does.

I live in a country where it’s forbidden to organise people to jog in the park together via social network (unless you get appropriate permission, lol). Is such a 'crime' immoral?

If you think your country’s laws are always correct, think again.

There are even cases when what has been considered a crime now is considered a bravery. For example, Lithuanian book smugglers were commiting a crime, but now they are considered to have been doing the right thing.

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