The beginning of the end for P2Ps/Torrent Sites?

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by 34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j

Whether or not it's unethical I think is a real grey area. If I download a new CD that I really want instead of paying for it, yeah, that's unethical. On the other hand, just recently I downloaded some Primal Scream albums (which I otherwise never would have heard) and bought a ticket to their show; the band directly profitted from my downloading. It's not as cut and dry as you think it is.

its only gray for any one person to download, in the aggregate, it is black and white ethical. During ww2 london had strict gas rations. everyone was supposed to turn down their heat during the winter. So does that mean its unethical for one person to heat it up a few degrees now and then? What if everyone did it?