Chambers wrote:
> Unlawful copying doesn't seem to be theft by any of the above 
> definitions.  The owner retains all rights, privileges and perks of the 
> property.

Except one major perk:  being paid for that copy.  Hypothetically, 
person A gets paid for their time doing some menial labour that doesn't 
create anything (say, being a waiter), then gives some of their money 
for a copy of a CD to person B, whose only activity is creating CDs. 
When person A makes a copy of the CD without paying for it, person B is 
deprived of that money.  Of course, it's entirely an artificial system 
which revolves around people being given money for doing things which 
are completely unnecessary to be done by a person so they can support 
the people who do things which can only be done by a person.  There are 
many jobs out there which could well be automated, but it would result 
in billions of people with no job, which is anathema to the status quo.


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Tim Cook
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