Re: Is this stealing
daryn,
I agree that in a somewhat abstract ethical sense it is stealing, but I think the question of whether or not it is wrong is a different question in this case. It's like asking if you and a friend are stranded in the mountains and he dies and you take his water bottle/compass, is that stealing? Well technically in the eyes of the law it may be... but does it hurt anyone? No. I don't think the individual is responsible for the marketing woes of a MLB team (being unable to sell out stadiums)... and if it is a pervasive enough problem and "everyone is doing it" then the people who really want the good seats will start buying them, etc. I agree that it is in some technical sense stealing, but I can't buy the moral high horse arguments either... not directed at you specifically as I think we tend to agree here, but just in general.
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