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throwawayday on Nov 4, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Piracy is Not Theft: Problems of a Nonsense Metaph...

Sorry, but the copying is not by 'force'. The force part comes in where the government tries to enFORCE copyright. There is no loss when something is copied. There may be no gain, which is different.

bradharper on Nov 4, 2011 [–]

Unless there is a contractual stipulation which pertains to copying. In which case, it is force, and there is loss.

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