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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
1. Generally borrowing something without permission would also be considered theft.
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Borrowing something without permission has nothing to do with copyright violation.
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Now you steal my notes, thus depriving me of at least one sale, and potentially (if you also see the profit potential) many more. Thus you have in fact reduced (perhaps significantly) the monetary value of my notes. The end effect is the same as removing the money from my wallet.
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This is an excellent example of why using the wrong terms is just confusing you. They did not steal your notes, they photocopied them. You still have the notes and can sell them if you want to. Yes, the person photocopying your notes has deprived you of a
potential sale, but it was money that you never had in the first place and may never have gotten anyway. That is absolutely
not taking money from your wallet. Removing money from your wallet is stealing something that you already have.
The reason that people on here are objecting to throwing the terms 'theft" and "stealing" around when talking about copyright infringement is because it causes a lot of confusion and misunderstanding of the real issue. You are a perfect example of that.