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Originally Posted by wgrimm
Your argument is wrong because you are comparing physical objects with digital files. Digital files can be copied infinitely, at almost zero cost per copy. In the case of the paperback, it costs money to produce, and raw materials. If one is stolen, somebody has lost some money.
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But the SOURCE that you download from can still be illegal; that's the point. A copyrighted MP3 file on a bittorrent server is illegal, regardless of whether or not either the poster or the downloader owns the CD that song is from.