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What I don't understand is why software and mp3s have to be different than everything else that you own.
If I buy a book, and want a friend to read it, it is totally legal for me to give him/her the book, as a gift, or whatever.
Same goes with dvds, cds, vinyl, Nike shoes, etc, etc...
By me giving these things to friends, the "artist/creator" of said items is not making any profit, but it is legal.
Why, then, is it all of a sudden illegal when the "giving" happens over the internet? Because of the large scale of the "giving"?
How is this different than operating a used cd store? They are all over the place and do huge business. The "artist/creator" makes no money off the resale of these cds, yet it happens all over the world.
How is it piracy if someone pays for something and then gives it to someone else?
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