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Originally Posted by Xniphobe
Your analogy assumes that a person's ability to control and profit from his/her own creative works is not a form of property that should be legally protected. That's a rather dubious assumption. When I acquire your song without your consent, I appropriate for myself your right to control and profit from your own creative work, i.e., I steal your property.
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i suggest you re-read his second point about copyright infringement
he is exactly right, it not theft it is copyright infringement
equating it to theft results in people ignoring the fact that the monopoly created by the copyright act is not absolute,
while the original sale of your product is a violation of your conditional monopoly, subsequent sales (recovery of said content) is for example fair use.
the providing of that service would be a free market, and as such you would not be entitled to monopoly profits for that action.
calling it theft equates it to a higher level of economic loss, which by the definition of the word does not apply.
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"Wrongful taking of property with intent to permanently or temporarily deprive the owner of possession"
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