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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
That comparison is irrelevant. There's a reason why, legally, copyright does not equal theft; downloading a file does not deprive the owner of the file. A more apt comparison would be you have a car parked on the road and I walk by, make an exact duplicate of the car and then drive the duplicate away.
Theft is legally distinct from copyright infringement and it's intellectually dishonest (and non-productive) to equate the two.
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Its not the same offense, we understand that- but it is an offense against the property rights of the creator.
The point is that its an infringement of the authors right to control the use of their creation-an infringement that reduces the value of their creation. Its intellectually dishonest-and self-serving , to boot- to pretend that it doesn't cost the creator anything.