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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
how do you feel if someone takes something from you without your permission? Let’s say – your ereader. I take your ereader without your permission. How do you feel about this action?
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It's pointless trying to use real world items in your analogies, they just don't fit. Someone would have to use a Star Trek replicator to duplicate your ebook reader for it to be the same. Two people would then have an ebook reader, but only one of them would have paid for it.
Would the second person have bought an ebook reader if they couldn't get one for free with the replicator? If you refused to let them replicate your reader, would they rush out and buy their own, or would they just replicate somone else's reader instead? Would the ebook reader manufacturer benefit from having large numbers of people using their reader even if some of those people didn't pay for it? Would it matter if people just collected ebook readers and never used any of them?