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Old 11-01-2004, 12:00   #6
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Re: Are 'warez' really theft?

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Originally Posted by downquark1
Being Philosophical you could argue that all you are stealing are ones and zeros that happen to resemble the sound someone famous once made in a recording studio. If you at a slight interference you could argue it's not the same song.

However, this trend of thought would send capitalist software/music companies into disarray. So I think current society probably should consider it a minor form of stealing.
You could argue that yes, then you could argue that the CD someone shoplifted is just a bit of plastic with 1's and 0's on it, or the book is just a bit of paper with some ink on it, time and effort still went in to the original work regardless of which format it ends up in.
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