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“If you walked into a store and walked out without paying for the items you picked up, that is equivalent to stealing music.””

No. It’s nothing like it. The toaster is gone from the store. The music is still there. Nothing was stolen. Only copied.

[gitmo]

A good analogy would be you get in your car to drive home. On the way home you get a cellphone call informing you five separate people had stolen your car earlier in the day. You continue driving home in your car and find out 3 more people had stolen your car in the interim.

While you were sleeping later that night, with your car safely in your garage, 18 different people stole your car. In the morning you get in your car and drive to work again.