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Originally Posted by Shaggy
No, there's a big difference between the two. Stealing a pbook means that the original owner no longer has it. Theft of physical property and copying of intellectual property are completely different things. There's a certain stigma with the word "theft" that people who misuse it are often intentionally trying to insert into the conversation. Theft and copyright violation have nothing to do with each other.
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Well perhaps they are technically different but in the common vernacular the use is not as clear. For example some might say you stole my design or somebody stole my patent. Well we don't have good verbs for copyright infringement. It is hard to say you copyright infringed my design. And even the government uses such terms as identify theft and stealing as it relates to designs and other intangibles. Yesterday I saw a news report where they raided a flea market where several were selling knock off purses. Technically I suppose they didn't steal the name and the design but the police looked at it differently.
They did interview one person that represents the general view of some around here. She bought one for a gift even though she knew it was a knock-off and didn't see anything wrong with that. After all she couldn't afford or didn't want to spend the money for a real one.
Dale