Which is moraly (not legaly) worse? Secondhand _ Pirating _ Renting_Lending

[Akvod]

Alterego-X said:

Akvod said:
 Pirating is immoral because it violates another person's right to property (intellectual). Re-selling/giving games isn't immoral because you aren't breaching the developer's right to intellectual property, and practicing your own right to property.

Even if pirating helps the gaming industry, they're still violating the rights of other human beings.

So pirating is immoral, because it is illegal? Even if it benefits gaming, and generally the greater picture, it should be forbidden simply because it violates current IP laws?

I guess you would also say that it was immoral to help the Jews escape from the orders of the legally ruling Nazi party. 

 

(And yes, I totally invoked Godwin's Law, after 235 posts this was inevitable.)

Did I mention the law anywhere? The bolded part doesn't. Please, help me find it.

Unless you don't think that the right to property (without going into specifics or to what extent) is a basic human right...

 

Playing Bio Shock right now, so I'm gonna post this =P

Property rights is still a tricky business. We have the issue of intellectual property discussed right now, and that's still murky.