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Originally Posted by Apache
Morally though they are the same thing.
Apache
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That is a matter of significant debate.
Causing property damage and trespassing is not the same thing as downloading a file shared by the person who has that file, legally or morally, under any of the moral frameworks I'm familiar with.
Whether ideas can be stolen is very controversial philosophically and legally. The legal end often seems to be decided by practical considerations, especially if we include who can pay the most effective lawyers and lobbyists as one of the practical aspects those decisions are influenced by. Philosophically different systems of though have radically different takes.