Morality and downloading

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It doesn't matter what they charge.  Either you pay it and have a right to it, or you don't.  It doesn't cease to be theft if you steal candy because the grocery has decided to charge two million dollars per ounce.  And unlike food, there's never a moral reason to steal it because you don't actually need it.

Don't get me wrong, I know that people have a right to charge what they like, I'm just saying that having been handed a perfect justification for keeping prices high and giving their remaining customers a feeling of being on the moral high ground rather than just feeling rorted, distributors aren't likely to give that little excuse up no matter how low the piracy level dips.