this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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It's easier to take because it's fundamentally different. If I take my neighbour's crops they can't eat or sell them but if I take their poem they still have it and can perform it. Laws to restrict unauthorised copying will be arbitrary instead of a simple concept like "don't steal the thing".