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If purchasing isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing
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this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2023
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The whole "illegal to download" bit is somewhat misleading. People almost always get in trouble for uploading, which just happens to be a part of how bittorrent works. When you're downloading, you're also uploading (Unless you've changed your settings).