Yeah, I would consider it stealing if you copied a whole book for yourself. Same thing if you rent a DVD at blockbuster and rip it onto a blank DVD at home.Originally Posted by Roto13
So what if I give those pages to someone else? Is it stealing THEN?The key word is library.. you are supposed to borrow stuff there, and whether or not you photocopy some pages or copy it in any other way doesn't make it illegal. - and it can't really be compared to piracy.. at least, that's what I think.So I guess if I go to the library and photocopy a few pages out of an encyclopedia, I'm stealing those pages?
How about a novel? If I photocopy it at the library, am I stealing it? How about if I take it home and photocopy it? How about if I photocopy it, take it home, photocopy the photocopies and give them to everyone I know? At what point does it become stealing?
Seriously, what is with you people and your reluctance to admit that you are taking something for free which you are supposed to be paying for? I steal/pirate stuff on the web because I can. Because it's easy. I'm not gonna stand on some imaginary moral highground and site silly little technicalities which make pirating different from traditional theft of property. Of course it's different, technically. But it's all the same. It's a new kind of stealing - there, does that make you feel better about yourself?*
* The "you" I'm referencing isn't specifically you, Roto. It's a general you.
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