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Originally Posted by screwballl
Either way it is the same thing and tends to carry the same legal consequences, especially if you try to represent the bookcase as an IKEA and not your own work which is the only essential difference of physical versus digital.
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Fascinating. You actually think copying an Ikea book shelf is essentially the same think as copying a digital file?
The difference I see:
1. Takes material to make a copy of the book case
2. Takes time and money to transfer the copy of the book casse
3. Takes time and skill to make a copy of the book case
4. If one has the skills to make a book case from scratch, one is unlikely to be buying book cases from Ikea in the first place.
5. Nobody is actually making copies of Ikea book cases to give to friends and family -- millions of people actually ARE making digital copies of music, ebooks, movies and sharing them for free across the world.
Lee