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Originally Posted by billywatson
As producers of media, we create "files" from nothing, with costs being incurred. As producers, we own these files -- same as a baker owns the cookies he just made.
When people don't pay for our files (I don't give a fuck what you call it -- "file sharing" or "pirating" or whatever) it's stealing.
Having an employee stand outside of the cookie store handing out free cookie samples is one thing; having millions of people replicate and distribute our product without paying a thing for them is what's gonna put us all out of business.
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you realize that the guy buying the baker's cookie can do whatever he wants to do with that cookie after he bought
If he wants to use the cookie to discover the recipe and make millions of copies he can
copyright don't follow normal property rights so you should stop using property right terms to define infringement (stealing).
because the action your describing would not be considered stealing in your analogy.