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Re:Ask HN: What are the strongest moral arguments against pi... by damoncali on Monday February 13, 2012 @05:32PM (#3587618)
If you record a song, and I copy it to my hard drive without permission, I'm a dick. Same same.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the strongest moral arguments against pi... by csallen on Monday February 13, 2012 @08:36PM (#3588222)
Your reasoning is too simple. It doesn't have enough rules to reflect the complex nature of reality:

- If I breathe, and you grow a plant that utilizes the carbon dioxide from my breath without my permission, are you a dick?

- If I go to the park, make a snowman, and leave, and you use the snow to build an igloo, are you a dick?

- If I'm singing a song in a subway, and you're also in the subway, and your tape recorder picks up a faint echo in the background from a mile away, are you dick if you keep the recording?

- If we live in a hunter gatherer society, and I create the idea to build a house, and you take my idea and build a house on your land, too, are you a dick?

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