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Originally Posted by Jan
Please, would you stop using the word "stealing" in this context? It makes your arguments much less powerful.
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No, I won't, because the word "stealing" is appropriate and applicable from my perspective as a professional artist who has had his work taken and not paid for (ie "stolen"). But thanks for offering up the link to the Scott Adam's page. It totally supports my points about how illegal file downloading being a victimless crime is a fundamentally flawed argument. And frankly, his dismissing of the words "theft" or "steal" seem to come from a place where he's simply setting that semantic debate aside in favor of focusing on how illegal downloading actually hurts artists. But I wouldn't be surprised if he does personally define illegal downloading as "stealing". I would think most artists view the intellectual property they create as a clear product that, if taken from them, constitutes theft. I know that I and the artists I know do.