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[quote who="psychoak" reply="19" id="2211254"]Quoting the dictionary wont help you. You're still wrong. Ideas aren't physical property. You can't steal code unless you physically take it from the storage medium it's contained on, or take the medium itself, and deprive the owner of that code. All definitions of steal that make this possible do not relate to theft. Theft of a copy of intellectual property is possible, copying a copy is copyri

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The definition of steal. Keep writing you are showing how much of a class act you are. One more point since you do not seem to comprehend the Enlish language. Here are the two definitions of transitive and intransitive verb. In syntax , a transitive verb is a verb that

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[quote who="psychoak" reply="8" id="2206418"] Who decides what is right and wrong here? From the laws perspective, from GODS perspective, yours, or mine? Fuzzy ground here Exactly, the problem no one seems to be grasping while arguing back and forth over stupidity. If they cause no harm, who are we to call it wrong? Using secondary definitions grounded in pop culture expressions like stealing a kiss as a way to label it as t

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[quote who="db0" reply="23" id="2204851"] The developers say that they consider piracy is stealing. The counter argument you have made is that you know the true definition and implied meaning of the words, stealing and piracy and the developers are incorrect. There's nothing "at face value" for people to accept. I've made 5 pages of argumentation showing why the developers were wrong. Further when someone calls you out on it, and points out that you have in reality

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[quote who="psychoak" reply="20" id="2204746"]It's too bad there isn't a way to capitalize on this stupidity. One more try for all the bleeding morons arguing nothing. Because someone doesn't have the right to obtain something, does not make it wrong if they do. Labeling it as stealing doesn't change this anymore than moral outrage over copyright infringement does. To classify an act as wrong, it has to cause harm in some way, to someone. I

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[quote who="floodiastus" reply="18" id="2204197"] Quoting jwinston2, reply 16 Quoting db0, reply 15 Quoting jwinston2, reply 13 You refuted nothing; it is a straw man argument to say it depends on how you define a word. You do not get that chance as you had no involvement in the production of the product. The makers of the product get to decide how the argument and words are to be defined, if you cannot understand this I suggest you read: http://en.wikiped

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[quote who="db0" reply="15" id="2204003"] Quoting jwinston2, reply 13 You refuted nothing; it is a straw man argument to say it depends on how you define a word. You do not get that chance as you had no involvement in the production of the product. The makers of the product get to decide how the argument and words are to be defined, if you cannot understand this I suggest you read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man Stardock has clearly stated they co

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[quote who="db0" reply="6" id="2203025"] In fact db0 I did read your arguments. I consider them to be a load of rationalising, self-justifying bull-manure. Your lack of arguments is showing. Claiming that piracy is not stealing doesn't make you any less of a thief if you do it. Proving that it isn't hoever does. And since you don't have any plausible argument for the contrary, you have no base to stand to call others thieves.

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[quote who="db0" reply="11" id="2200605"]@Raven-sb: Repeating yourself does not make you right. You might as well cover your ears and go "la-la-la" for all I care. The arguments are there and you ignoring them simply shows your shallowness. @Murteas: Let's see: You are taking something that is not yours, you haven't paid for, and you have no rights to...yep sounds complicated to me. We're not "taking" we're copying. There's a difference. As such, not t