> If I take a look at it, I didn't steal $1000 from you. > If I photograph it, I still didn't steal $1000 from you. This is where the inductive logic breaks d

> If I take a look at it, I didn't steal $1000 from you. > If I photograph it, I still didn't steal $1000 from you. This is where the inductive logic breaks down, because you are unlikely to make a perfect substitute (in other words, copy) of the product by simply looking at it, but by photographing it, now you can, which means you have denied compensation to the author of the work by being able to produce a perfect substitute. > If I'm not willing to pay a creator for their content, it must not have any value to me. If it doesn't have any value to you, why are you making a copy of it in the first place? :)