[BrooklynGOP]

aye, but if you borrow the book, you are bound to return it by the fees and rules there-in. you cant borrow an mp3, which is the point i was making.

That's right. However the analogy still fails, because by borrowing a book from a library you are eliminating a situation in which someone else can borrow that same book. Not so with a mp3. Take a a really thin book, use the library's copy machine to make a copy and then see if anyone carese to track and charge late fees for the copy you just made.

[MacDorcha]

"That's right. However the analogy still fails, because by borrowing a book from a library you are eliminating a situation in which someone else can borrow that same book"

which is stealing. the analogy doesnt fail because it proves my point, not because it's an exact mirror of the situation.

[MacDorcha]

"Take a a really thin book, use the library's copy machine to make a copy and then see if anyone carese to track and charge late fees for the copy you just made. "

they may or may not care. but say you broke the machine, and got hundreds of copies of the book for 25 cents, and then gave everyone you knew a copy, and information on how to get several hundred more for 25 cents themselves. thats what the analogy is. you dont think it's complete because you arent taking into account the full aspect.