06-18-2003, 09:27 PM
Quote:Actually, this is stealing.Actually, it's a intellectual property violation, not theft. Stealing an object means depriving someone of their legitimate use of that object. When you steal a CD from a store, the store has lost the use of the CD (they can't sell it anymore). When you download music, you're violating copyright, but no one has lost the use of their property. You can argue that you're denying the artist the right to sell his/her work, but that's what copyright covers. ;)