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Originally Posted by CyGuy
That argument does not work. If you made an exact copy of the ring using the replicator from Star Trek you have not stolen the original ring. The original owner is not out anything, they have exactly what they started with. You are mistaking theft with copyright infringement.
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In a sense we do have replicators, knowledge replicators. They still require a bit of energy to run, but hopefully theoretically we will soon draw that power from the sun...
The benefits of free knowledge outweigh all cons.