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Originally Posted by Dirty Dane
No, you don't get it. It's the same coin and should be treated same way.
It's like printing money. You do not "steal" by printing it but you are lowering the value of the currency when circulated. Everyone will suffer from it, especially the country (owner of the currency) and that's why it's illegal.
If you take the money and pass it on knowing they are unauthorized, then you are guilty of conspiracy.
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no printing money is another crime called counterfeiting
fraud is a completely different crime
the point i was making which you are trying to ignore
is that fair use authorized is still authorized, and therefore there is no fraud in that case.
the problem you are ignoring is that
"this is my favorite quest crew dance routine", is valid commentary
and it is a valid commentary that makes no sense without the clip quest crew dancing.
commentary authorizes a lot of the stuff you
misrepresenting as infringement