31st August 2010
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Originally Posted by Cursed Lemon  Anyway, you guys are missing the point. If you truly have respect for something (or in the toilet paper example, respect for your personal need of it), you will contribute to it monentarily because you want to see it continue to prosper. If you simply download someone's music or some other form of digital labor, without compensating them for it, you are essentially saying to the producers of the material, "I don't think you are worth perpetuating." Obviously, not purchasing someone's music at all is a perfect demonstration of that, but when you acquire someone's music illegally and still refuse to support them, that's basically a kick in the face. It means that if these people can't acquire your material legally, that it's basically completely expendable and of no real value. | The Ant and the Grasshopper
If I steal a bicycle, does a bicycle have no value to me?
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