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Originally Posted by HansTWN
That is just my point. It is unfair that to consider copyright to be "special protection". If you make a chair to sell you also need society's protection (or else someone could steal it or cheat you), there should not be a difference. Just because the product is different, you don't deserve less. The social contract is a smokescreen, since there is no such social contract for others.
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Actually there is a difference. If I make a chair and sell it to you I no longer have that exact chair. If I want to sell another I have to make it just like I did the 1st. Things like books and music files are different in that you can make an exact duplicate. With other things like painting and sculpture though each work is unique. Copies can be made in that pics can be taken or other such methods can be used, but the original is still unique.