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Originally Posted by Moejoe
That's atom-based logic, and does not work with digital, no matter how forced the metaphor or analogy becomes.
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Originally Posted by netseeker
But then the theft has the ugly sweater and you not. It's a physical object, the copy of an ebook is not.
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no this is where you are marking a difference that doesn't exist. it doesn't matter that its a digital file versus a printed form, you don't have permission to take it and you don't have permission to give it away to the multitudes because it's not yours.
Would it be right if you stole the book from a store, made a thousand paper copies, returned the book and then distributed the copies on the street corner?
no of course not and that is what is being done when pirating digital copies.