What is the difference ? (Score 1)

Lets say that one goes to the library and either borrows a book with notes or actually copies the pages that one needs. You then go home and scan the pages and now you have the notes in your computer. What is the difference if one directly downloads the notes from the net or does a little work to obtain the same result ??? What is the difference between one ripping his/her own CDs compared to downloading the same songs from the net ? How come one of the actions is legal while the other action is illegal ? The result for the user is still the same.