On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:15 AM, JT Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody who lives on a budget will take pride in getting something for > nothing. That is how it works.
I should add to this -- digital theft is not a concept that is readily understood by the masses yet. I highly doubt many people who torrent or fileshare think of it as theft, not in any sort of serious way. The goodies are right there for the taking, and nobody seems to notice when you've taken the goodies either. There is so much grey area morality involved. The idea of consequences from the clicks you make while sitting in your home in your underwear and a beer is not a reality for most people yet. That is a reason why the RIAA and MPAA are using scare tactic lawsuits. But they're late, and it amounts to punishing essentially innocent people for their own lateness. It's just a total mess, but I imagine that digital theft will be increasingly policed, and increasingly more ably policed, and the idea of digital theft will be a much more broadly understood crime by the mainstream in the not-too-distant future. It's inevitable.
