On Tuesday 24 May 2005 19:57, Alon Altman wrote: > On Tue, 24 May 2005, Elad Efrat wrote: > > This is *stealing*. You are not to decide what you need to > > pay for, and your ideology is not that of the one who made > > the music, nor the circle of people who helped him put it > > into a CD. > > Just one point: This is breaking the law, which is a big no-no in a > democratic society, but this is NOT stealing. It's copyright infringement. > Theft is a different offense which involves taking property without > permission. > > That said, I second Elad's point about the fact that disagreeing with > the law is by no means justification for breaking it. If you want to do > something, lobby against the law, IN LEGAL WAYS, such as protesting and > sending letters to politicians, or even running for office. What about civilian disobedience - when is that allowed under Israeli law? Is it only made valid retroactively when you win the consequent court case?
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