Copyright violation is not theft. Your effort to create something that can be effortlessly copied conveys to you no property. Society deems it beneficial to grant a time limited monopoly on copying it to spur innovation.

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brookst 18 hours ago | parent [-]

You wouldn’t steal a car!

	▲	skeledrew 17 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Stealing a car - or anything tangible - means... the owner is very literally deprived of the benefits of owning said car/thing. Can't really say the same for a copied pattern of bits.
	▲	fc417fc802 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		But I would download one.