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Originally Posted by justinsain
Let's say you go to the Adobe website and click on PS. You have to PAY to download it.
That's because Adobe doesn't give it away.
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No one said anything about giving anything away. If you have not bought rights to the software, you have no rights to own a copy.
Does that make sense? To own a copy of something, you have to own rights to it (or bought the rights). If you own a copy without rights, YOU are breaking the law.
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Originally Posted by justinsain
Now go to TPB, click on PS and you can download it for FREE. The user needed TPB to find and download the illegal copy of PS software.
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Well sort of. If you go to TPB you can find information on a torrent. Once you have that torrent you can download the file for free. Now, if you do download it. You can complete the file on to your computer if you have rights to it. If you complete the file on to your computer and you do not have rights to it YOU are breaking the law.
Also, there really isn't such thing as an "illegal copy" as a noun at least, the term would work if you meant it as a verb. Point being a copy of data is not illegal in any sense. It's only legal or illegal for a person to OWN/USE that copy depending if they do or do not have rights to it.
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Originally Posted by justinsain
While TPB may technically not be breaking any current laws it still facilitates theft.
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They do not facilitate theft. I hope with the explanation above you can understand the technology a little better.