So by your own logic I could copy any number of, say, other people's writing and use it for my homework or take a picture of some famous painting and post it all over. In both cases the original is left intact. Stealing is not just depriving someone of their original work. It is using it without their permission that is the issue.
Maybe off topic, but does the author really need to make it plainly obvious that this is a Geek story? It seems he is being condescending in the opening paragraph when he mentions it is a "geeky James Bond plot" or a "geeky duel". Who cares if its geeky? And for us geeks that read it, we already know we're geeks.
One of the kids said he still went along with the scam even though he knew it was wrong because he got a free room at the Biltmore. If we (the kids who download music) are going to go up against the big bad guys, shouldn't we stick by our morals too? I mean, a room at the Biltmore would be nice, but isn't this all about the principle? Nothing against any of the students who downloaded the tunes but I think they should have told Senor Greene where to stick it when he wanted them to play his little game.
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What about people already on the Earth and causing contamination? Maybe we have already given up on that.
So by your own logic I could copy any number of, say, other people's writing and use it for my homework or take a picture of some famous painting and post it all over. In both cases the original is left intact. Stealing is not just depriving someone of their original work. It is using it without their permission that is the issue.
Maybe with more and more people playing MMOGs there will be a solid base of consumers to demand some sort of solution to the U.S.'s broadband dilemma.
Maybe off topic, but does the author really need to make it plainly obvious that this is a Geek story? It seems he is being condescending in the opening paragraph when he mentions it is a "geeky James Bond plot" or a "geeky duel". Who cares if its geeky? And for us geeks that read it, we already know we're geeks.
One of the kids said he still went along with the scam even though he knew it was wrong because he got a free room at the Biltmore. If we (the kids who download music) are going to go up against the big bad guys, shouldn't we stick by our morals too? I mean, a room at the Biltmore would be nice, but isn't this all about the principle? Nothing against any of the students who downloaded the tunes but I think they should have told Senor Greene where to stick it when he wanted them to play his little game.