Posted by PTravel on 12/13/06 03:48

"Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
news:j7udnSx_V4XP_uDYnZ2dnUVZ_s3inZ2d@golden.net...
>I didn't actually address that issue. I pointed out that you still have
>your car and, in that sense, theft of intellectual property IS different
>from theft of a discrete object.

Please watch your quotes -- I didn't write what you've attributed to me.
There is a difference in the fundamental nature of intellectual property and
tangible property. However, both are personal property from the standpoint
of law, and both have the attributes of property as I pointed out in another
post.


>
> PTravel wrote:
>> "Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
>> news:FbqdnUXB3dErSeTYnZ2dnUVZ_oSinZ2d@golden.net...
>>
>>>But the whole point is that "stealing" a copy of a song or video is
>>>precisely NOT like stealing a car. In fact, a car is the thing it is
>>>least like.
>>>
>>>If someone stole your car and you still had your car-- that's what it
>>>would be like. Especially if you were in the business of selling cars.
>>
>>
>> And when someone takes your proprietary intellectual property and makes
>> it available for mass distribution, you are deprived of the value of the
>> proprietary intellectual property in exactly the same manner as you are
>> deprived of the value of your stolen car.
>>
>>

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