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Posted by Tom on 09/17/05 15:52
"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
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> khobar wrote:
> > "anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
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> >>khobar wrote:
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> >>>"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
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> >>>
> >>>>Karrde wrote:
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> >>>>
> >>>>>"Anonymous" <none> wrote in message
> >>>>>news:JNSdnSsxw7vjxL7eRVn-vw@comcast.com...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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> >>>>>>"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...
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> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>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."
> >
> Sorry, I was being sarky ;-)
> Obviously the defs are quite long, but Wikipedia boils it down to:
>
> 'In the common law, theft is usually defined as the unauthorised taking
> or use of someone else's property with the intent to permanently deprive
> the owner or the person with rightful possession of that property or its
> use.'
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft
>
> Consider this as well: if copyright infringement were legally definable
> as theft, why don't the RIAA etc charge their victims with theft,
> instead of threatening to sue them for copyright infringement?
>
Actually, by that definition, we have the right to download anything and
everything. By downloading a copy, we aren't depriving the owner of
anything. The owner still has the property and can use it at will. Works for
me.
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