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Originally Posted by hogleg
That's ludicrous. Maybe I should take what you said, post it to every message board I know, claim its mine, and if I get famous and make a lot, take all the credit. It's not stealing after all, there wouldn't be anything wrong.
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Yes, because you know, only stealing is wrong. Other crimes like copyright infringement is of course not wrong. Or? Your argument is ludicrous.
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It is irrelevant what made intellectual property rights come about, because this discussion is an ethical one. Maybe all the laws are totally wrong. Maybe the laws don't reach all the way to the intent. Should I steal a program you wrote? Its just 1 and 0's. It's not "real", and the majority of thieving pirates I know would agree with me.
Do you?
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If I have published a program in any form you cannot steal it. You can only copy if and commit some other crime than stealing. Why is this so hard to understand?