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Originally Posted by kazbates
The publisher has the book's "blueprint" just as the manufacturer has the chair's "blueprint". The furniture maker can make a duplicate copy of the chair, just as the publisher can make a duplicate copy of the book.
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But that's not the comparison made in your prior post. Merely possessing a blueprint doesn't automatically grant the right to produce the object(s) described therein.
As noted by many people in similar discussions on the 'net, the cost of duplicating digital bits approaches $0, while such isn't the case for tangible goods such as a chair. Please note I'm not saying unauthorized duplication is morally OK or justifiable.