Piracy not theft because its a copy..

[Kasz216]

Crashdown77 said:
So, I guess I have to ask, is piracy okay because it's not theft? I'm not sure if that's what the pro-pirate crowd is saying. I guess if you don't believe in people's property being theirs then there's no real point in having this discussion.

For the record, I don't think there is a point to this, the people who are for pirating have constructed some very convincing arguments, I can only assume out of necessity because otherwise they would have to admit that they are common criminals, and very few people are okay with that label. The human mind has unlimited powers of rationalization. In war we convince ourselves that the other people are terrible, or not even human, because killing another person is wrong, especially if they are good people. Therefore they can't be good or people. The cheating housewife convinces herself that boning the poolboy is okay because her husband has neglected her and it's his fault, or she "has needs". These people believe these ideas to their very souls because otherwise it would be impossible to live with themselves.

We can build up a world in our mind that conforms to every idea we have, and even pull ideas from the real world as supporting evidence, to write off anything we've ever done. That is the power of the human mind.

Yes, you are stealing. You are taking something that doesn't belong to you and you haven't used the accepted method for obtaining permission to use it (currency at the moment). You are harming others. I am not innocent of this, but I try very hard to not do it intentionally. Heck I've committed other crimes too, that are much more straightforward and tangible, but I don't flaunt them.

Yeah, once again... I don't pirate.  Nor is piracy right.

 

However piracy isn't actually theft.  Which is... you know the point.

Murder isn't theft either.  Is murder right because it's not theft?

Heck, if i'm going to buy chips in a vending machine and I see my choice has a bag that didn't fall so if i buy it i'd get too... i don't get anything and look for the vending machine guy.