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Re: foo (IP: 156.26.119.---)
by drsmithy on Wed 27th Oct 2004 08:55 UTC

I think the "underlying" factor may be referring to is called Cognitive Dissonance. When people do or think something they don't feel right about, they will try and "make it better" by using methods such as rationalization, ie. "Stealing is wrong, but copying MP3s isn't all that bad when you consider how greedy the record companies are."

Or they may have simply not been brainwashed with the "copying == stealing" line.