Hi Michael, Quote On the face of it, piracy doesn't seem wrong because no physical goods are being taken. I think we're all still catching up to the new digital world we live in. We have a hard time seeing the physical consequences of the act and that has allowed piracy to become as pervasive as it has particularly with music. End quote
Michael, I think you just hit the nail on the head. Back in my piracy cracking days I didn't see it as a crime, a sin, or even consider it steeling because no physical goods were taken. If you steel a friends music cd some physical object is taken, and your friend no longer has possession of that cd. However, with piracy though your friend gets to keep the original copy, and you can have a copy as well. You have in a sense cloned the master cd, and it is hard to see it as a crime because nothing physical was taken. There is no evident consequences for making a copy. It is easy to think, "if some ritch musician or software company loses a few bucks so what. They are ritch I am not. I didn't steel anything from them." --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
