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A perfect replica of a dollar bill, made with the exact materials and equipment as the real thing, is still a counterfeit. Being a counterfeit isn't a physical
by naniwaduni 4y ago
A perfect replica of a dollar bill, made with the exact materials and equipment as the real thing, is still a counterfeit. Being a counterfeit isn't a physical property of the object, it's about provenance.
- riskable 4y agoIt's impossible to make a perfect copy of a dollar bill though since it's a physical object. Not even dollar bills are perfect copies of dollar bills. It also doesn't matter where the bill came from: If it's official currency issued by the government then it's worth $1. A digital copy of a video or a song is similar: It doesn't matter where it came from... it's still the same thing. A counterfeit song or video would be a file of the same exact name and maybe even size as the original but doesn't actually contain the song or video. It's annoying AF when you download a counterfeit file but it's not even remotely the same thing as counterfeit goods or currency.