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Old 02-24-2012, 05:06 AM   #458
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
So, by your argument, "identity theft" is not "theft", because the original owner of the identity still has it?
Absolutely. Identity "theft" makes about just as much (well, little, really) sense.

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You should tell that to the people who drafted the 1886 International Berne Copyright Convention. They were happy to use the term "piracy" (see Article 12 of the Convention).
Do tell? Article 12 concerns the "Right of Adaptation, Arrangement and Other Alteration", if I'm not mistaken. Here's the full text of the treaty. I didn't find piracy mentioned anywhere, perhaps you could be more specific?

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