(October 30, 2012 at 11:07 am)Stue Denim Wrote: How is intellectual property the same as physical property?
In the manner that it is the product of your labor.
(October 30, 2012 at 11:07 am)Stue Denim Wrote: If I write (My copyrighted/patented text here) and then start telling it to people of my choosing, who then retell it others, who then tell it to even more people, how is that in any way theft? My copies haven't been touched.
Their content has been touched. It won't be theft since you started the distribution yourself - anymore than letting people into your house is breaking and entering.
(October 30, 2012 at 11:07 am)Stue Denim Wrote: Breach of contract, maybe even fraud, I can see, because the first people may have signed/agreed/checked a box, saying that they wouldn't make copies. But theft? No, especially not the people further down the line.
The theft is that of the value of the content.
