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marbletiles on March 4, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Piracy is Theft? Ridiculous. Lost Sales? They Don’...

If I steal your car and then destroy it, it's not right to say it was "just destroyed". In both cases the original possessor is deprived of something.

Peaker on March 4, 2011 [–]

Well, you temporarily had my car then. In the case of exclusivity, it's not temporarily with the unauthorized copier.

It is deprivation of exclusivity though, I agree.

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