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The ability to do something and legality of it are mutually exclusive (ETA: oops, I mean independent of one another). OP appears to be making a moral argument anyway.

Regardless, no one will magically show up and break arbitrary cd player functionality like they are remotely disrupting Internet access if someone pirates la Liga.



> no one will magically show up and break arbitrary cd player functionality

Once upon a time, ASCAP would show up at your small-town record shop and make you pay under threat of lawsuit.


"mutually exclusive" means these things cannot both be true

you're saying if any thing is legal it's impossible, and if any thing is possible it's never legal




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