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Old 11-28-2009, 07:54 AM   #49
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Originally Posted by Kirtai View Post
I so wish people would stop throwing out these completely wrong and deliberatly misleading examples.

If you copy someones property, you have a copy and so do they.
If you steal someones property, you now have it and they don't.

Copyright infringement (violating licence terms) is a completely different and distinct thing from theft (unlawfully taking something).

Of course, IANAL, blah blah blah...

I wish people would quit trying to muddy the waters with redefinitions of the concept.

If you take something that is mine without my permission, you have stolen from me and you are a thief.

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