I'm not personally claiming an objective moral proclamation. It's my opinion, and explicitly so. This is all I was asked for. I come from a family of poachers and thieves (and worse), my indoctrination had to do with sticking it to the man and the meaninglessness of money and property..lol.
It is, however, objectively true that piracy involves availing one's self of the productive efforts of another human being without consent or remuneration. Whether or not this is immoral to you would depend, like the example of the unpaid laborer...on whether or not you find this arrangement to be immoral (for whatever reason).
I don't think it has much to do with gain, or potential gain, or selfishness, from the point of view of morality - though that's definitely the line drawn in the sand by legality (excluding selfishness in that particular context, obviously).
It is, however, objectively true that piracy involves availing one's self of the productive efforts of another human being without consent or remuneration. Whether or not this is immoral to you would depend, like the example of the unpaid laborer...on whether or not you find this arrangement to be immoral (for whatever reason).
I don't think it has much to do with gain, or potential gain, or selfishness, from the point of view of morality - though that's definitely the line drawn in the sand by legality (excluding selfishness in that particular context, obviously).
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