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Originally Posted by Cyandin
A surfer who visits a porn site and views a stolen video is not stealing. The site who ripped off the video is. Surfers have no idea what sites are legit or not, they just google up free porn and watch porn on the sites that rank high in the SERP's.
However, a surfer who downloads proprietary software or content from a site, without the consent of the copyright owner, is stealing.
That's an important distinction.  |
We don't need to get into the semantics of what is stealing...but that's BS. If I had a friend that worked at a theater, who would sneak me in for free, that doesn't mean I didn't commit a crime. You can't place all of the blame on the gatekeeper.