[Sloth]

If I drive past the vegetable stand and don’t buy anything, the farmer *still* isn’t receiving pay for his labor. Is that also stealing?

[longtermmemmory]

you drive by stand, BUY a tomato, then distribute the seeds for free so other people don’t have to buy tomatoes from the stand...

(s) The riaa needs a bailout package...they are too stupid to be allowed to fail.(/s)

[dmz]

If I drive past the vegetable stand and don’t buy anything, the farmer *still* isn’t receiving pay for his labor. Is that also stealing?
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No, but I am at something of a loss as to how you think this relates to the topic at hand. In this example you provide, the person driving by without stopping is not enjoying the fruits of the farmer’s labor.

In the case of an illegally downloaded song, the person is enjoying the fruits of the artist’s labor, and for reasons known only to themselves (we have read a number of justifications on this thread), they choose not to compensate the owner. How is that not stealing?

[Myrddin]

If I drive past the vegetable stand and don’t buy anything, the farmer *still* isn’t receiving pay for his labor. Is that also stealing?

Not if you leave his private property (tomatoes) alone. The issue is paying the producer for his private property.