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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Luis, post: 668170, member: 17336&quot;]Doug, I&#039;m not saying it&#039;s not wrong, and you certainly have the liberty to judge if you think it is. However, saying it is the same as going into a store and stealing a CD is just as wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>Burning a CD you own for other than yourself infringes copyright, while stealing an item from a store actually makes the vendor incur in losses. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, unlike your judgement (apparently), the law is actually not that black and white - there is the letter of the law, and the intent of the law. The letter of the law says infringing copyright is a crime. The intent of the law says it&#039;s OK for Dru&#039;s mom to make a copy of an e-book for him, and it&#039;s not grave enough to send her to jail for that. This distinction also occurs in other types of situations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, and this is more of an excuse than anything else, piracy sent a very strong message to these companies - perhaps their techniques and prices simply weren&#039;t au par with the times. The record companies (and others) took this message very seriously and found alternatives that are currently being as profitable (if not more) as the records sale. Think about it: a kid may download 30 music albums in a week. If he didn&#039;t have the chance to do it, would he buy those albums? 15? Even 3? I don&#039;t think so. But he may listen to them and end up buying the originals of the stuff he likes the most. It&#039;s not farfetched, it has happened to me and to everyone I know, pretty much. It has happened to other people in this thread too, apparently. Well, now you don&#039;t have to &quot;steal&quot; - you can download a couple of tracks for a couple of bucks and decide then if you want the album.</p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize for going off topic. I know this is supposed to be about coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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