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Originally Posted by kennyc
Wrong, Harry. Just because you can easily copy it doesn't mean it is intangible.
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Of course it does. The
definition of the word "intangible" is "incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch". You can't touch a file - only the media on which it's stored - therefore by
definition it is intangible.
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But it is definitely the ease of copying that is causing the issue with copyright.
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It's the not
ease (or otherwise) of copying that's the issue, but that fact that the only way to give someone an eBook is to make a copy of the file. Whereas with a paper book, you print 1000 copies, and only those 1000 exist. They can be passed around, bought, sold, whatever, but no additional copies of the book come into being as a result of any of those activities.