Originally Posted by
memebag
As someone who makes his living creating IP, I favor laws protecting IP.
I'm not arguing that our current laws are perfect. Most protections are too long lived, and our patent office isn't up to the task of distinguishing real inventions from farce.
I do as well, and mostly to protect the livelihoods of individual creators of content. But I think labeling downloading something without permission from the original creator as 'stealing' is a gross misrepresentation.