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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Well, let us take services. You get on a bus and don't pay. You sneak into a movie theater and you don't pay. The bus would drive even if you are not on it, the movie would play anyway. So, by your logic, you wouldn't have taken anything...
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The bus would use more fuel and it would incur wear and tear from your presence. The movie theater would also incur wear and tear, would use more A/C, bathroom, etc. Making a replicator version of the bakers loaf of bread has no affect on the baker unless you cut into his sales by making your copy of the product available for sale to the general public.