07-22-2009, 12:41 PM
It goes back to intent. Did you specifically download or manufacture a piece of software (or malware) so you could pirate music? If so…then the intent is theft and distribution. Did someone email you an mp3 recording telling you what a great band this is? Again, we are getting into variables…but the intent there is innocent, I believe. (i.e. the book theory)
Are you profiting from stolen music? Again…a negative intent. Or are you simply downloading music because you know that you can and no one will ever catch you? What is the intent? There are so many variations of why we can and why we shouldn’t. You can say one thing, you can tell yourself something else….but your higher self knows your intent when you do it. Technically…you are your own judge.
My inner voice tells me its innately wrong. I try to live my life according to that voice… as best I can.
Raf
Are you profiting from stolen music? Again…a negative intent. Or are you simply downloading music because you know that you can and no one will ever catch you? What is the intent? There are so many variations of why we can and why we shouldn’t. You can say one thing, you can tell yourself something else….but your higher self knows your intent when you do it. Technically…you are your own judge.
My inner voice tells me its innately wrong. I try to live my life according to that voice… as best I can.
Raf