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Originally Posted by Pardoz
I don't get why people think that copying a book is really any different than buying a used copy. It's still a lost sale for the publisher, and you still get to experience the content without paying the author.
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True, but there is only one physical copy of a particular book once it is sold or given away if the original owner wants it again they much purchase it. This is not true if a copy is made without destroying the source of that copy. Now there are two existing identical copies that were not there before. Just as if you had a magical ability to create an identical copy of a paper book and hand it to your friend....or sell it....or.....
If you had that magical ability to duplicate physical objects would it be right?