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Originally Posted by kennyc
Some people feel that because it is easy to make a digital copy and there is no tangible object "other than a file"
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A file on your computer is not a tangible object, at all. It is data.
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and the original still exists then hey, no harm done, copy away.
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Actually, it's not quite as simple. It's just that copyright infringement is not "theft", it's, well, infringing upon other people's copyright. And, yes, making a copy (unlawful as it may be) and stealing a tangible object are conceptually quite different and consequently warrant separate terms.
Except, it seems, in your somewhat narrow view of things. Duly noted.