but, well actually they would be legit bit coins, so ya your right.
Bitcoins can be mined for initial distribution of the coins. Any other way of distributing the wealth of bitcoins wouldn't really work, you'd end up with a bunch of extremely wealthy people and only a few people that have any value in bitcoins. So, to more evenly distribute the initial wealth, the creators made a way that anybody can get bitcoins (should they put in the time and effort). In a few years, Bitcoins will no longer be able to be mined.