Why Can't We Just Copy Everything on the Internet?

Imagine your favorite toy is on a shelf, but you can’t just take it home, you have to do the same thing every time you want another one. The internet works like that sometimes: when you copy something online, it’s like taking a toy from the shelf, and you need to do it again if you want more.

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Copying a song from your phone is like taking one candy from the jar, you have to do it again if you want another one.
When you try to download ten videos at once, sometimes your phone freezes because it can't handle all that copying at once.
Sometimes, even when you think you copied something from the internet, the website tells you 'you already have this', like being told you already took a candy and can’t take another one.

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