Whether or not it is “stealing” per se, it is sinful. Basically we are called to obey laws that aren’t in conflict with objective good. In this case, I would say it is a law we should obey. Now, is it grave mortal sin? I’m not sure; to me it doesn’t seem that this would be grave, serious matter, but I could definitely be wrong.
Go easy on yourself. If your my age you probably taped stuff off the radio to listen to later. You may have been given a tape of an LP by a friend. You may even have borrowed the LP yourself and taped the tracks you liked. We used to call it sharing
. Since the digital age came into being the thought of people sharing horrifies the major labels.
t have the right to make something sinful. If I buy a DVD and give it to somebody, that is not stealing its sharing. Now, if people sneak inside movie theaters, record a moove and want to bootleg it, then sure that`s stealing alright.t focused on prophitting from , like older files, then I dont consider that stealing. Sure it`s against the laws but I don´t feel guilty if I make a billion dollar industry a few dollars less richer. I mean, as long as someone bought the file and is willing to share it, its all good. my opinion.Good one.Share books and you’re a librarian. Share music and you’re a pirate. What sense does that make?
I agree,Good one.
Thank you, thank you. I’ll be appearing here all week. Feel free to bring the kids to the 7 o’clock show, but the 10 o’clock gets a little blue.Good one.
That’s a good point. After all, the government also says there is nothing morally wrong with abortion and has declared it legal. I’m sure we’re obligated to follow just laws, but I have a qualm about following ones that are unjust.
Your post is misleading. When you borrow a book from a library, you take a legal copy and then return it at some point in the future. When you “share” music, you make a copy of the music and keep it - they are not equal. If you were to take a book and photocopy it, you have violated the author’s copyright just as much as when you copy music.Share books and you’re a librarian. Share music and you’re a pirate. What sense does that make?
I don’t think it is reasonable to equate abortion & copyright laws.
Actually, the only reason its legal to share books and not move/music/ect files is because the government said so. Nobody is encouraging nobody to break the law here, we are just stating our own opinion (free speech). I also want to note that it really dosen
t matter wether you keep the file or not, because nobody watches a movie more then once or twice. Nobody. As far as music goes, I believe here you need to be fair. If an artist just came out with an album, it would technichally be stealing if you download his songs for free, but if say, a year or two pass, and the musician dosent rely anymore on his record sales then it`s all good-my opinion.s expecting it to sell, I dont think the Library will offer his new book for us to loan and then return it (with no charge) but as time passes you can expect it will end up on their collection-for free.When asked if downloading files on the internet for free is a sin, Catholcs apologists said we should have a respect for the law. I Don
t think nobody directly said it was a sin but we should have respect for the law nevertheless. So he just pointed out a law that we Catholics shouldnt respect at all nor give it any consideration. I don`t think his intention was equating the two set of laws.I have to agree with jkarp. The analogy you’re using is flawed. If it were to become widespread practice to “share” books in the form of providing pdf files of the books on the internet where anyone could download the book for free and have their own copy, them I’m sure the publishing companies and authors would be just as up in arms over this as the record labels and musical artists are.
It already is a widespread practice to “share” books…in the library. The other user made a great point, if you share books you
re a libraian, if you share movie/music/ect files, youre a pirtate. Also the user before you also made a good point concerning property.So you use the word “share” so you can lie to yourself that you aren’t stealing? :tsktsk:Share books and you’re a librarian. Share music and you’re a pirate. What sense does that make?
If I buy a book at Barnes and Noble, then lend it to you to read, is that piracy? After all, I didn’t purchase a “lending copy” for library use. I purchased a private copy. Does that mean we’re breaking the law when we do that? What if you in turn lend it to a friend of yours, who lends it to a friend of his. That is perfectly legal. But if the copy is digital rather printed, it’s suddenly theft and piracy? That offends all common sense.