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Old 01-22-2012, 07:45 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by sixsax View Post
Of course copyright infringement is not theft, it's copyright infringement. Doesn't make you less of an asshole for doing it, though.
but i don't infringe or defend infringement in any way at all

I defend fair use uses of technology that can be used to infringe

just like the original vcr which can be daisy chained together to make bootleg copies, doesn't invalidate my right to use it to timeshift tv shows that i paid for.

the fact that torrents are used to pirate shit shouldn't invalidate my right to use it to timeshift tv shows.
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