Daniel Brown wrote:
On 7/16/07, Larry Garfield <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am not going to defend copyright infringement, but theft is depriving
someone of something they used to have and no longer have. If someone
pirates a copy of your book that would have purchased it otherwise,
then they
have not taken anything away from you that you had.
Actually, "theft" is the act of unlawful taking by deceptive practices.
By that definition, if I walk into a shop, grab a TV off the shelf and
walk out again I am not committing a theft - there is no deception. The
definition of theft is not important because copyright theft is not an
accurate term for what's being discussed, it's actually copyright
infringement.
However, this discussion is not particularly interesting and certainly
not relevant to this mailing list so it would be great if we could drop
it or move it off-list if people really really want to continue with it.
-Stut
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