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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. |
Differerent acts. Same concept. You have taken something of mine, without my permission.