| Hawk said: Fool yourself, go ahead. Piracy is ok, because it's not stealing. However you look at it, whether piracy means the exact same thing as stealing or not, doesn't matter one damn bit. It's just as wrong. But go ahead, convince yourself piracy is ok, because it's not stealing. |
That depends on how you view stealing. I do a lot of paid photography work and my fiance is a professional photographer. If someone uses my images without permission or payment then it is annoying, but I don't regard it as stealing because they haven't taken anything off me. If someone broke in and stole my camera gear or hard drives and discs with photos on I regard that as theft. They have taken real physical things off me and I can no longer use them. If someone copies a photo off my website they have not taken the photo from me. It is still on my website, it is still on my hard drive and I can still use it. They have not deprived me of my property, therefore it is not theft.
I understand and fully accept that other people would view it differently. Neither is ultimately "right" or "wrong", they're just different points of view.
