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user-inactivated · 3421 days ago · link · · parent · post: Can we cogently refute "stealing is stealing"?
Ah yes, Nina Paley. I was wondering when she would make an appearance here. I have never heard that analogy before, but that is a brilliant comparison. Imagine the vendor of the original loaves and fish going, "Hey, Jesus! You can't do that, you're artificially inflating the food supply so that the original maker of the loaf didn't get his money for all of them! You're depriving poor breadmakers of their livelihood!" Copying is Not Theft
The mp3 is the digital equivalent of Jesus Christ's loaves and fishes, broken 5,000 times and still remaining entirely whole.