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I was thinking the same thing ! I would actually go one step further. How can anyone OWN information (music,movies,software,etc) which is really binary which is really one big ass number (in base 2).

How can you OWN a number ? It doesnt make any sense to me, and I'm a software developer that makes products.

Its like saying, "I own the file represented by 23445353568893534534565767525454546422223346445646" and you have to pay me use that number. Sounds pretty dumb when you really break down this entire intellectual property issue



Think of that number as though it were a house, instead of breaking in and stealing its content, you download the whole house, does that make it less significant?


Did you lose your house? If not, then I don't see the issue - I saw your house, copied it, now we both have one.


It's not a house, it's an abstract thing. How can you own a number ?




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