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Originally Posted by AndrewH
Money has been around at least 5,000 years, and barter has been around thousands of years prior. The idea of selling isn't "wrong", and it's a lot better than slavery or beating people over the head with a club and taking what you want.
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But the concept of intellectual property is much more recent.
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Originally Posted by kennyc
You paid to VIEW the movie, not to own a copy. Completely different things. Like reading a book from the library, does not give you the right to make a copy of that book.
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I would have thought that watching a movie on TV, not going to the cinema would be analogous to the library.