Kind of like an animal that does something more....
The animal doesn't do more. It does the exact same thing. You are just using it for different reasons. Unless it is castrated, but then you would treat that the same as any other animal that has been castrated.
Sure, there's the open source movement, and people donate time to charities on a regular basis... But all the major advances of the last 200 years?
Profit potential.
So do people find cures for diseases for profit or for the greater good of mankind?
People are greedy.
People are greedy because our current society makes them that way.
That's true. Your society is going to be stuck at bare subsitence, though.
Nope.
Are you purposely obtuse?
Nope, just like I know your not. We just come from 2 different beliefs on how things should be.
If I am deriving benefit from something I didn't pay for why does it matter if it is MONETARY benefit?
Because I believe it to be immoral? And yes, I realize that you believe downloading copies of music that you didn't pay for is immoral! But I believe that it is immoral because of the purpose it is being used for. Those are two different benefits.
Guys, might as well give it up. FAZ is going to follow the communist line no matter how much fact and historic precedent you present.
Interesting note, not all communists/socialists/anarchists believe that file sharing is ok. Fact and historic precedent? What?
i was like that once then i started working for a living and went from as my brother called it "from fighting the man to being the man"
Are you seriously suggesting that I don't work for a living!?