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Originally Posted by Pardoz
Ask yourself that next time you buy a used book, check a book out of the library (in many countries), borrow a book from a friend, or even read a newspaper somebody discarded on a park bench, as in every case you are "taking it without giving compensation to the true owners". I'll be curious to hear your answer.
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Not true. This is part of law as discussed above in the "First Sale Doctrine"
Illegal copying/Piracy often involves taking a copy from a source that never originally compensated the author and it does not nullify/destroy the original.
A very different situation.