Minecraft game creator says file sharing & piracy is not theft.
[newsimage]http://static.rankone.nl/images_posts/2011/03/jsGReG.jpg[/newsimage]A well-worn counter to the claim 'piracy is theft' is that it's just sharing, or borrowing, or accepting a gift: 'I'm not stealing this video game; a friend gave me a copy. Those GBs of music on my hard drive? Think of them as a mix tape. You wouldn't sue someone for that, would you?' Thanks to Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson, pirates now have several new counter-arguments against those who view them as petty thieves, though maybe not all of them should be employed.
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