Spoiling something on purpose is a crappy thing to do to people and I think the people doing it are really drumming up some unpleasant karma for themselves. Accidentally, not so great, but accidents happen and I think most friendships can stand up to accidents.
To violate someone's copyright by publishing a book in entirety (or linking to that book so others can read it) UNLESS it's got one of those open license things where it's OK, is stealing money from the author. It's STEALING. And wrong. And I think that's even more unpleasant karma.
I used to be ok with downloading music from free sharing sites until I sat down and thought about why I thought books were different. I realized, they're not different. If I feel that way about books, I have to pay for hte music too. So now, I always buy from iTunes or get the CD, for the same reason. UNLESS the music is put up for free by the artist themselves, for download.
I guess I'm saying, you're right. It's not just spoilage. It's stealing. And it's wrong.
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Date: 2007-07-20 04:01 pm (UTC)Spoiling something on purpose is a crappy thing to do to people and I think the people doing it are really drumming up some unpleasant karma for themselves. Accidentally, not so great, but accidents happen and I think most friendships can stand up to accidents.
To violate someone's copyright by publishing a book in entirety (or linking to that book so others can read it) UNLESS it's got one of those open license things where it's OK, is stealing money from the author. It's STEALING. And wrong. And I think that's even more unpleasant karma.
I used to be ok with downloading music from free sharing sites until I sat down and thought about why I thought books were different. I realized, they're not different. If I feel that way about books, I have to pay for hte music too. So now, I always buy from iTunes or get the CD, for the same reason. UNLESS the music is put up for free by the artist themselves, for download.
I guess I'm saying, you're right. It's not just spoilage. It's stealing. And it's wrong.