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The analogy fails because the tax accountant has finite time to spend completing tax returns and your action directly took some of that time. Whereas with IP,

The analogy fails because the tax accountant has finite time to spend completing tax returns and your action directly took some of that time. Whereas with IP, there are not a limited amount of bits to copy and you making that copy did not restrict the availability of those bits to someone else.

splitstud 5y ago
gernb 5y ago
The content makers also have limited time to make content. There's no difference. The accountant made some content, a tax form, I copied it. The movie maker made some content, a movie, I copied it.