On Wed, July 18, 2007 9:40 am, John Meyer wrote: >> There is a very very important difference. Stealing/theft is a >> criminal offence. Copyright infringement is not. For you to be >> prosecuted for copyright infringement the injured party must bring a >> civil case. >> >> This is a fundamental difference. The reason everyone thinks the >> terms >> theft and stealing cover it is because, as I've previously asserted, >> bodies like the MPAA and RIAA keep referring to it as such. Just >> because they do that doesn't make it any more accurate. > > Although on one level, I say we go with it. I'd love to see those > executives at Sony who authorized the rootkits thrown in the slammer > for > 'breaking-and-entering' +1 Actually, if the DOJ had wanted to, they probably could have: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
