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Re:Peter Sunde: 'I went to jail for my cause. What did you do?' by kruczek on Thursday December 11, 2014 @08:04AM (#8734484)
> You might want to give them your money, they might not want it.

Actually in such case piracy doesn't need any justification, since it doesn't harm anyone. With only two alternatives - either to download content illegally or to not get it at all, content owners get exactly the same: nothing.

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Re:Peter Sunde: 'I went to jail for my cause. What did you do?' by icebraining on Thursday December 11, 2014 @08:08AM (#8734509)
The problem is that not everyone agrees with that consequentialist view.
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Re:Peter Sunde: 'I went to jail for my cause. What did you do?' by yitchelle on Thursday December 11, 2014 @08:45AM (#8734649)
> since it doesn't harm anyone

How did you come this this conclusion?

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Re:Peter Sunde: 'I went to jail for my cause. What did you do?' by zxcdw on Thursday December 11, 2014 @08:55AM (#8734678)
No "lost potential sale", when the sale wasn't even a realistic possibility?
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Re:Peter Sunde: 'I went to jail for my cause. What did you do?' by newaccountfool on Thursday December 11, 2014 @10:49AM (#8735387)
I can help back this up by an article that details studies that have been done.

http://freakonomics.com/2012/01/12/how-much-do-music-and-mov...

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