I upvoted you even though I disagree with you.<p>Ultimately, it's still not the same thing as one is a physical object that cost actual money for actual materials to produce, and the other is simply a computer process that duplicates bits.<p>I apologize for starting this conversation.  That being said, I haven't seen it on HN before (though I'm sure it has happened).  I'd be curious to see where the readership lands on this issue.