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rob05c  ·  3715 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can we cogently refute "stealing is stealing"?

    Clearly you increase the supply of the thing. An increase in supply reduces demand.

One of the better arguments I've heard for intellectual property.

But here's the issue I see: reducing demand isn't illegal or immoral. It's perfectly legal for me to tell a friend "Don't buy that CD, it's trash."

So, presuming copying is otherwise acceptable, why is it ok (legally/morally) for me to reduce demand by saying "don't buy that CD" but not ok for me to reduce demand by copying?