>Even if we conceded that point, that still wouldn’t excuse the way in which these companies are going about getting the content

Unrelated point that I wouldnt even defend. Block em. Its cool with me.

>You’re conflating and confusing two different concepts. “Content” is not a tool. Content is like a meal, it’s a finished product meant to be consumed; a tool, like a hammer, is used to create something else, the content which will then be consumed. You’re comparing a JPEG to Photoshop.

Eh I see what you are trying to say but a hammer is also a finished good thats sold as a finished good. I can also modify the hammer if I like. And after modification I can sell the hammer. JPEGs can also be inputs to things like collage.