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If Person A buys a song, rips it, and puts it on bittorrent, when Person B downloads one or more copies he has not stolen anything from anyone nor broken any co
by boboblong 14y ago
If Person A buys a song, rips it, and puts it on bittorrent, when Person B downloads one or more copies he has not stolen anything from anyone nor broken any contract with anyone.
- waterlesscloud 14y agoHe has stolen the time and effort of the person who created the song. This is not hard to understand. You may choose not to understand it, but you're playing a game with yourself that the rest of us are not obligated to accept.
- X-Istence 14y agoThe time and effort were already expended. You can't steal those anymore than you can "steal" a digital file you made a copy of. If I build an app and sell it for a $1 and someone purchases it for that amount and then makes a copy for his friend I have simply missed out on revenue, but my time wasn't stolen nor was my app.
- boboblong 14y agoYou can't steal abstract nouns.