Posted by Don M. on 09/14/05 06:52

"Karrde" <karrde_smuggler_@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4327b251_2@x-privat.org...
>
> "anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
news:3om1pqF6hj27U1@individual.net...
> > Karrde wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> If something is the "moral equivalent" to stealing, why would it not BE
> stealing?
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You may be right. Greed is the moral equivalent to stealing, so perhaps the entertainment
industry IS stealing. OTOH, copyright infringement is neither the moral nor the legal
equivalent to stealing.


Don

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