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**Zoxeeoy** · 10-27-2005, 08:20 PM

I think you are missing a salient point, Zen---

Going to a bookstore and browsing books/CD's/Tapes/whatever is one thing... you are "sampling" to determine whether or not to "buy"... right? If you decide NOT to buy, the "seller" is restored to his original condition-- he has his merchandise. Should you decide to buy, you trade money for that same merchandise, and it's yours.

D/L'ing those very same CD's/books/etc. from the internet renders them into YOUR POSSESSION, and you have, essentially, "right, title, and interest" [although the legitimacy of such R/T/I is the crux of the issue here] with no payment on your part.

See the difference? :question

I also have issues with your "only the poor students should be allowed to steal" attitude.

10-27-2005, 08:20 PM	#4
Zoxeeoy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 480 Senior Member	I think you are missing a salient point, Zen--- Going to a bookstore and browsing books/CD's/Tapes/whatever is one thing... you are "sampling" to determine whether or not to "buy"... right? If you decide NOT to buy, the "seller" is restored to his original condition-- he has his merchandise. Should you decide to buy, you trade money for that same merchandise, and it's yours. D/L'ing those very same CD's/books/etc. from the internet renders them into YOUR POSSESSION, and you have, essentially, "right, title, and interest" [although the legitimacy of such R/T/I is the crux of the issue here] with no payment on your part. See the difference? :question I also have issues with your "only the poor students should be allowed to steal" attitude.
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