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Posted by khobar on 09/17/05 01:25
"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
news:3p17nrF8790pU1@individual.net...
> khobar wrote:
> > "anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:3om1pqF6hj27U1@individual.net...
> >
> >>Karrde wrote:
> >>
> >>>"Anonymous" <none> wrote in message
> >>>news:JNSdnSsxw7vjxL7eRVn-vw@comcast.com...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>"B-Hate-Me" <BHateMe@home> wrote in message
> >>>>news:AeidnSj-lv9Ry77eRVn-1w@comcast.com...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>"Nate" <thejedi@verizon.net> wrote in message
> >>>>>news:pdCUe.1652$vQ3.154@trnddc08...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Does any one have a copy of the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith movie
> >>>>>>without a counter display? Every copy i've downloaded so far is just
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>>>>same file with a different name and it has something like:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>You realize that you've just admitted to committing a felony
> >>>>>on a global newsgroup......Right?
> >>>>
> >>>>copyright infringement is not a felony. you can be sued, but it is
not
> >>>>illegal.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Just because it's not a felony doesn't mean it's not illegal. At the
> >
> > very
> >
> >>>least, it's a shitty thing to do. I've heard all of the attempts to
> >
> > justify
> >
> >>>it, but it's still stealing.
> >>>
> >>
> >>OH, FFS! - When is this old chestnut going to be put to bed?
> >>- It is *not* stealing. The legal definition of stealing is quite
> >>specific, and does not apply to copyright infringement.
> >>You may personally think it is morally equivalent to stealing, but it is
> >>quite untrue to say it *is* stealing.
> >
> >
> > Please post the legal definition of stealing.
> >
> In which jurisdiction?
Whichever one you were referring to when you said the "legal definition of
stealing is quite
specific, and does not apply to copyright infringement."
Paul Nixon
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