Book Piracy BAD

[Mad Swede]

This is really more of a semantic argument than an ethical or legal one - it's obviously a criminal act, but whether that crime is 'theft' or something more like 'copyright infringement' or 'illegal reproduction of materials' is more the point I am arguing.

You mean you'd rather not admit to being a thief.

I have nothing nice to say about Proudhon or the United Nations, so I won't say anything at all, but this is why I didn't say 'property is theft', haha. I agree that it is amoral to steal a person's personal property... well, I suppose I wouldn't consider it amoral if you stole a billionaire's car or something, but that's not pertinent.

Yes, well, the idea that stealing a millionaire's car or something is OK is in fact what is called illegalism and individual reclamation and these are Anarchist concepts...

 

[casval]

You mean you'd rather not admit to being a thief.

Oh no, I'm fine with that! It's true! I used to be the kind of poor where I was shoplifting half my veggies, and broccoli is an actual, physical object.