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contestgamer said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Theft, lol. Books are just ideas put to paper. You want to lock people up for "stealing" duplicate copies of books? - Some guy that didn't understand copyright laws circa 1805. 

Theft, lol. Inventions are just new ideas, and discoveries put to use. You want to lock people up for "stealing" ideas and discoveries? 

Theft, lol. Identity is just a meaningless designation given to an individual at birth. You want to lock people up for "stealing" an arbitrary designation? 

We can do this all day. Just because something isn't physical, doesn't mean it doesn't deserve protection under the law. 

Books are physical, stealing an identity is a problem with you steal something tangible like money, etc. I have no issue with stealing inventions, so try again. 

Exactly. You have no problem with stealing other people's inventions, which was one of the main things copyright law was intended to protect. This shows that you don't respect other people's hard work. You think, that it doesn't matter if somebody spent 30 years on a new invention, you have the right to steal their technology regardless. Same goes for a book that somebody took 5 years of sweat, blood, and tears to write. Or even a videogame.