The argument over whether something digital can be stolen at all is a different argument than the one you made in the comment I replied to. The question of tak

The argument over whether something digital can be stolen at all is a different argument than the one you made in the comment I replied to. The question of taking photographs of artwork (which are not exact copies, but which have their own cultural, educational, and commercial value) is a third question which is interesting in its own right. At this pace, I'm having a hard time keeping track of what we're arguing about. In any case, my intention was not to signal my support for one of two predefined sides in a battle over the concept of intellectual property, it was just to point out stealing "from" doesn't have to have the meaning you read into it.