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by Anonymous User on Tue Sep 20, 2005 at 01:33:43 PM PDT

No, it's not... and... if people could duplicate physical objects it simply mean a shift in the market. Duplicating is not a physical theft, and does not take anything from anyone in any direct sense. You have to draw philosophical abstracts to even try and make a connection... If the physicql obejct could be duplicated, then many people would still buy officially licesned versions[though the cost of everything would be reduced thankfully!], and there would be free-ware versions/designs available, just like freeware software is available now. It would be a new market, and it would have to adapt. It's called progress...

-Chris

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