I do not know how many times I have to argue with people this point until they will open their eyes and see the truth… but I am going to make this point once and for all.
Illegally pirating music/videos/anything is NOT stealing!! It’s not, so stop saying it.. stop putting it in your little adds, stop lecturing others and using the word stealing. THIS IS NOT TRUE.
If I go running down the street… grabbing a woman’s purse and run off.. is that stealing? Of course! She no longer has a purse.. and I do…
If I take your cell phone from you and keep it as my own.. is that stealing? Of course it is! I now have a cell phone.. and you do not.. That is stealing!
If i get into your car and drive it away.. is that stealing? Of course it is!! I now have a car and you do not!
Pirating Intellectual property is CHEATING. Equally as immoral and unethical. If Steven were to loan me his dvds and I were to copy a few and then give them back. I have not stolen his dvds.. and I haven’t stolen money from the maker of those dvds. (Because in this scenario.. Steven still has his dvds.. and I do not have the money that belonged to the dvd company) I have CHEATED them out of their money by BREAKING the copywrite contract.
CHEATING is WRONG. Cheating is IMMORAL… Cheating is SINFUL. I am NOT saying that because pirating is not stealing that it is OK to do.. I am saying that Cheating and Stealing is are not the same things. and Pirating is cheating.. not stealing.
P.S. So stop calling it stealing.. you just look dumb.
Don’t make me come down on your morals. Jason seriously, you’re getting something that you would have otherwise had to pay for for free. That is stealing. It may be a big corporation that you’re stealing from, but by your definition shoplifting is not stealing either. And even if pirating wasn’t stealing, you said so yourself, it’s ILLEGAL.
Plus I mean seriously, “pirating?” What do pirates do, they steal stuff. Duh.
Maria.. did you even read this entry?
Okay you two, play nice! Stealing, cheating: who gives a rip? Just don’t do it!
Don’t make me and Steven weigh in on this! 🙂
Ha!