"Copyrights protect the design of a product, not the products themselves. If I buy a certain kind of chair, it is mine to do with as I wish. I can destroy it, use it, or even sell it. But if I begin to build chairs just like it and sell them, I am in effect stealing the design from the designer, and I am using it to steal his business as well. Same goes for music. I can buy a CD, and it will be mine to do with as I wish. I can even resell it for a profit if I like. But when I begin copying that CD and giving it away, or selling it, I am stealing the author's musical "design", and then using it to steal his business as well."
Using someone else's idea is not stealing, as they still have the idea to use as well. And there is no such thing as stealing business, unless you are talking about fraud. What you call stealing business is actually competition, the cornerstone of a free market.
Using someone else's idea is not stealing, as they still have the idea to use as well. And there is no such thing as stealing business, unless you are talking about fraud. What you call stealing business is actually competition, the cornerstone of a free market.