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Originally Posted by kennyc
Well then that's not it either, cause the owner of the copyright is definitely harmed when his property is taken without permission.
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Well, once again we would have to define what the "harm" could be in this regard (copy of ebook). If we assume that the "thief" - without the possibility to commit the theft - would buy the content in question
for sure, then there would be some kind of harm possible: at least a lost sale for the property owner. Without this assumption, there is no harm measurable imho. I guess that this discussion could end up in a mix of legal and moral facts and assumptions, though the question remains: Given that we can't measure or prove that a harm occured, how could that be parasitism?