Replies to post #6263 on The Free Zone Board

[RoguePlanet]

Well, here is the problem with your argument. You seem to be implying that someone who sells intellectual property for a living is entitled to that money to sustain himself

Uh, yeah. What exactly is the problem with that?

But no one is entitled to a living

I never said otherwise. If you can't sell your songs because your songs suck, that's too bad for you. If you can't sell your songs because people who would otherwise buy them are downloading mass quantities of them illegally, that's a problem for society.

And is cable service significantly different from intellectual property?

I would say yes. If you steal cable service you're not just stealing an idea or a song. You're actually using the cable company's property. Not that my heart particularly bleeds for the cable company.

[RoguePlanet]

I tend to agree with GW here. If neuro thinks what he's doing is righteous, let him tell the cable company and see if they share his view. ;) - Rogue

But that doesn't answer the question. If I ask my neighbor whether painting my house a bright yellow is immoral, he may say yes because he does not want to live next to a bright yellow house, not because he has any great insight into questions of morality.

Bad analogy. You know why? Because all along we've been talking a property owner's right to control the disposition and use of his OWN property. Not his neighbor's.