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Originally Posted by Socrates
... If I just wanted to make one thing clear in this debate, this would be the following: copying a digital file is not stealing. ...
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IMO, you misunderstand the object. I'd say that making a copy of a digital music file is not piracy on its own but listening to the contents is because you acquire experience. This changes your perception of the world and thus, has a material value. So, IMO, material value is assigned both to the source and to the changes in the target which is the main purpose of the source. I know, it is just feelings but nobody forces you to buy or take digital music to experience pleasure/whatever emotion it causes. You can probably experience the same emotion through other means just through daily life and there might be no monopoly on that if you look at it from different perspective.