Quote: "And thus this argument ends."
That's not how it works.
You can't download something and say that because you only want it for personal use and you're not going to sell it, it's perfectly morally acceptable -
It's not. That's a completely ridiculous statement.
Quote: "If I stop doing this but I still have the music on my MP3 player, is it still stealing?"
Yes. Even if you don't listen to it any more, it's still stealing, because you have no right to own it.
Quote: "Would you like to tell almost everyone in the world to stop?"
Almost everyone would love to, I'm sure, but just because it's an impossible task to stop lots of people doesn't mean you can't stop one person at a time.
Quote: "
I haven't got anything from anyone asking me to stop for a $3,000-$11,000 settlement. If I do, I'd apologize and stop."
It's too late then - you've already broken the law. Saying sorry doesn't make it better - you know you're still breaking the law and you should really stop now, regardless of whether anyone knows or not.
That is what is
morally right.
EDIT: Ninja'd by three people. Pff.
Quote: ". But if I just download a few tracks and put them on my MP3 player for me, myself and I; for personal gain only, I'm still stealing, but it technically wouldn't be."
Yes, yes it would. You stole it - thus it's stealing.
Quote: "If you downloaded a song just to preview it, is that still stealing?"
Yes. Of course it is.
Quote: "It's a tool, just like DBPro, Leadwerks, etc."
However unlike DBPro and Leadwerks, you're using it to break the law.
Quote: "You can drive it, or run someone over. You, as a human, choose whih path to take. And I chose the "use music for my own use" path"
Which is the running people over path. The driving path is not downloading anything from limewire that you don't have the rights to.
