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Old 26-09-02, 10:27 AM   #4
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Default Re: Britney, Sting In "Anti-Piracy" TV Ads

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Originally posted by JackSpratts
for one thing, if you steal from a store the product is gone. if you just make a copy they still have it and can still sell it, so it's not "the same thing" - sorry britney.
Weeellll.... perhaps arguably, depends on the situation. If you download (ie make a copy) INSTEAD of buying, you might as well steal the CD. The product is still there, but the sale is not. It's still lost profit, where, under normal conditions, a CD would have been sold.

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