Morality and downloading

[Thumpalumpacus]

I don't see anybody illegally downloading small struggling Indie bands. It's the Metallicas and the Britney Spears that get downloaded. The small bands are doing gigs. They draw bigger crowds so a pub can sell more beers. And if they're lucky, they get laid once in a while. I know plenty of good bands who would have standing orgasms if more than about 1000 people ever listened to anything they ever produced.

So then the morality of taking the product of someone's labor depends on how well-off they are? By that logic, it's fine to steal a six-pack od Budweiser, but wrong to steal a six-pack of your local brew.

Care to describe how that works, exactly? I mean, aside from "he's rich, he can afford my theft"?

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I'll let you know when I want your advice. Until then, go, uh, entertain yourself. 

Ditto.

Pretty sure you claimed to be a creative writer ... but "ditto" is pretty much the antithesis of that ... "dumbass".

Maybe you can make your point without insults, and with substance?