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Originally Posted by The-Starving-Artless

the music. stealing the ability to listen to it. seriously, it's pretty basic - if you download the songs from an album that is under a label that the RIAA is affiliated with (as far as I know, all the mainstream ones, and all their sub-labels), then you are taking those songs for free, instead of buying a CD to listen to. Therefore, they make no profit.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

steal /stil/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[steel] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, verb, stole, sto·len, steal·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
2. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.
3. to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance: He stole my girlfriend.
4. to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle (usually fol. by away, from, in, into, etc.): They stole the bicycle into the bedroom to surprise the child.
5. Baseball. (of a base runner) to gain (a base) without the help of a walk or batted ball, as by running to it during the delivery of a pitch.
6. Games. to gain (a point, advantage, etc.) by strategy, chance, or luck.
7. to gain or seize more than one's share of attention in, as by giving a superior performance: The comedian stole the show.
–verb (used without object)
8. to commit or practice theft.
9. to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved: She stole out of the house at midnight.
10. to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually: The years steal by.
11. Baseball. (of a base runner) to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball.

Alright pick a definition. Also how could I be stealing the music? They still have the music when I download it. I am not taking it from them. And again how am I stealing the ability to listen to it when I am not taking the ability to listen to it. The RIAA loses nothing whether I download or not.