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Your analogy makes no sense.

Your yard is your property. If I shit on your property then I've trespassed and damaged your property.

Digital images are nonrivalrous.

If you make an infinite number of photocopies and hand them out for free to all passing strangers (aka sharing an image online) then if a stranger uses one of those photocopies, they haven't trespassed or damaged your property.



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