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Originally Posted by pdurrant
In the following list "without your permission" is implied in all cases.
- If I take your car, that is theft.
- If I board your ship and take valuables, that is piracy.
- If I take your only copy of the manuscript of your next book that is theft.
- If I publish the manuscript as my own, that is theft of your intellectual property.
- If I download a copy of a book you wrote, that is copyright infringement.
Using the same word to describe case 1 as case 5 is incorrect. They are different in fact and in law. |
Is number 3 theft if I take it and return it? Or I copy it without your permission? Besides, copyright infringement is just another word for a special kind of theft. It is this attitude, that it is not theft, that saddles us all with DRM and similar nonsense.
And the law of the land is that they can sue you for damages. Don't give me that "corporate brainwashing", corporations are just groups of people who need to make some money to provide a living for employees and shareholders.