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Topic	Torrent websites have been getting shut down left and right the past few years..
JOExHIGASHI 09/03/17 10:10:28 PM #34:	LtCommanderData posted... Questionmarktarius posted... No, not really. It's infringement, which is functionally closer to 'unauthorized borrowing' were it a physical object. Yeah, you can not really argue that it is ethical, however they are not losing any inventory. They try to argue that they are losing hypothetical purchases, but you can not even estimate that very well because it is impossible to tell who would have actually purchased it and who is downloading it just because it is not costing them money. Copyright infringement is a better description of it because in reality you are copying it not taking it. Copyright infringement is punished harsher than physically taking things from a store I wonder what the penalty for getting convicted of breaking into a studio and stealing the physical copy of the movie compared to convicted of pirating over internet --- YEA! <cite>JOExHIGASHI posted [p:885975398] in Torrent we... [t:75737444]...</cite> <quote><cite>LtCommanderData posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote>No, not really. It's infringement, which is functionally closer to 'unauthorized borrowing' were it a physical object.</quote> Yeah, you can not really argue that it is ethical, however they are not losing any inventory. They try to argue that they are losing hypothetical purchases, but you can not even estimate that very well because it is impossible to tell who would have actually purchased it and who is downloading it just because it is not costing them money. Copyright infringement is a better description of it because in reality you are copying it not taking it.</quote> Copyright infringement is punished harsher than physically taking things from a store I wonder what the penalty for getting convicted of breaking into a studio and stealing the physical copy of the movie compared to convicted of pirating over internet --- YEA!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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