Here's a crazy thought experiment. Instead of copying some music track, how about copying a dollar bill? What happens to the dollar bill?
Instead of sites that distribute torrent files, we'll have sites that distribute blueprints on how to build a printer that can print out perfect copies of dollar bills. Totally not illegal!
Of course, in the same way that owning a music track makes me more likely to go out and buy said music track, owning a copied dollar bill makes me more likely to go out and actually work to earn a real dollar bill. So in a sense, the same way copying music helps the music industry, copying dollars helps the economy!
Instead of sites that distribute torrent files, we'll have sites that distribute blueprints on how to build a printer that can print out perfect copies of dollar bills. Totally not illegal!
Of course, in the same way that owning a music track makes me more likely to go out and buy said music track, owning a copied dollar bill makes me more likely to go out and actually work to earn a real dollar bill. So in a sense, the same way copying music helps the music industry, copying dollars helps the economy!
The logic makes perfect sense!