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		LennyHenrysNuts on Nov 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Z-Library Helps Students to Overcome Academic Pove... If I take your car, you are now without a car. If I copy your software, you still have your software. If I was never going to buy your software in the first place, you have lost nothing. Enough with the false equivalence.

fragmede on Nov 21, 2024 [–]

If.

I've paid for things when I could have gotten it for free, and also taken things for free when I should have paid for it.

Enough with the false dichotomy.

PittleyDunkin on Nov 21, 2024 | [–]

You could just as easily argue the software or content should be released for free as it's associated with effectively zero marginal cost.

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