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Originally Posted by martyh
Maybe it's already been paid for ,maybe the downloader has paid a tv subscription
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You subscription might only cover viewing it once, or only via streaming. In which case, if you want to keep a copy, buy it.
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or bought the DVD/CD and simply wants a backup.
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There are plenty of ripping programs available to do that
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If i purchase a CD from i tunes i believe i can download it again in the event that the original ipod gets nicked or damaged ,is their that much difference ?
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Yes, because, as you said, you've already purchased it and can get it again whenever you want to from iTunes.
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Originally Posted by smallclone
So presumably, jusging by what some peopel have said, they are not illegal? If the content is not shared or distributed?
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A law (being criminal or civil) has still been broken as you would own something you have no right to with paying for it.
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Originally Posted by martyh
If you paint a picture and someone decides they like it and takes it off your wall and takes possesion of that painting that is obviously theft ,if someone comes around your house sees the picture decides they like it and takes a HD photo of said picture prints it and decides to sell it to make money that is copyright infringement (assuming you had it copyrighted in the first place) not theft because they haven't stolen the picture merely copied it
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But a law has still been broken. So it is "against the law"; another word for which is...illegal. Glad we got
that sorted out