Quote:And you're entitled to say so however actually downloading music illegally is a crime and, in a rights-based society, immoral.
Umm,Kyu, certainly entitled to say, but I'm not sure that dog will hunt. The claim seems to be illegal=immoral. [if society says so] Society does not dictate my personal moral values and never has.
It's common for things to be quite legal but considered immoral by at least by segments of the community,or illegal but considered moral.(putting aside self interested rationalistion,if that's possible)
I acknowledge that copyright violation is illegal in most countries. Interestingly,NOT traditionally in communist countries,which do not recognise intellectual property rights. Today the PRC does officially ,but is still pretty casual about policing pirated music etc and reverse engineering.
I do not acknowledge that digital piracy is immoral per se.
