But the issue of copying and sharing copyrighted material is more than a legal matter. There are ethical and moral considerations, too. Taking someone else’s property without permission is stealing—and intellectual property is still property. The songwriter who worked to produce a song has earned compensation, because “the worker deserves his wages” (Luke 10:7). When a song is copied and given to someone else, that is one less sale that could have been made. The artist loses whatever small percentage of the royalties he has earned. The same principle holds true for pirating a movie, photocopying a play script, sharing Sunday school curricula, and loading software.
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