RE: Morality and downloading
April 15, 2015 at 8:52 pm
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2015 at 8:52 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(April 15, 2015 at 1:13 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(April 15, 2015 at 11:07 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: I'm not pinning my argument on the practical effects. I'm saying that if you didn't create it, and the author is charging money for it, taking it without paying the fees being asked is unethical. This isn't drama or anything else.Why is it unethical?
Because it is taking the product of someone's labor without compensating them for it.
Quote:How did they crash? Didn't the venue have security?
Not enough. They climbed over a fence, I saw them doing it, but being onstage, pointing was the only option, and a scanty one at best, because I had a bassline to play on time. The two bouncers working the party weren't watching me, though.