I don't know why you were downvoted because you are exactly on point. In the GP example, two files can be xor'ed to yield some pirated document. The poster thin

I don't know why you were downvoted because you are exactly on point. In the GP example, two files can be xor'ed to yield some pirated document. The poster thinks this would require the judicial system to punish the creators of both files equally because both files contribute bits equally. But the judicial system looks at intent, and only one of the files was created with criminal intent.