Re:What's fair? (Score 1)

Many copyright-infringers use this idea as a justification for their crimes, but it couldn't be more wrong.

If someone makes a product (digital or otherwise), and says "People who want to use what I have made need to give me a certain amount of money for it, and those who do pay that money must not give it to others to use if they retain a copy for themselves", that is within his rights.

Regardless of how easy it is to download priated software or music, it's no different from stealing that very product from a store shelf.

Altruism and charity have nothing to do with this. Your justification of stealing that which is not free is asinine.