> You took something of value that was created or owned by someone else.
A person who creates or owns a piece of information still has it after you "steal" it. That's the difference between a physical and a nonphysical good.
(I'm not saying distributing copies of copyrighted works is automatically OK, just that your justification for it not being OK doesn't hold water).
A person who creates or owns a piece of information still has it after you "steal" it. That's the difference between a physical and a nonphysical good.
(I'm not saying distributing copies of copyrighted works is automatically OK, just that your justification for it not being OK doesn't hold water).