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Poll: Music Sharing or Stealing

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billy_gates:
Do you consider downloading music off the net or with apps such as Kazzaa to be "Sharing" or "Stealing."


I consider it Stealing.

KernelPanic:
Since I don't want any RIAA trash I can call it stealing.

Laukev7:
Stealing. There is no ssuch thing as "sharing" music.

flap:
Stealing: "To take (the property of another) without right or permission"

Since no *property* has been *taken*, it's ridiculous that you call it "stealing". Even if you believe it's unethical to copy without permission, to call it "stealing" is to use a faulty analogy. So to summarise, your question really is "Do you think it's wrong to share?"

HibbeeBoy:
It's a grey area but I lean towards the "stealing"  because it's not really sharing if you duplicate and the item in question is copyright protected. I find it interesting though how far this "stealing/sharing" concept can go.

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