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Re: Your argument lacks merit. Palatine Send a noteboard - 20/01/2011 03:40:20 PM
But it is not stealing. It is copyright infringement. When you do steal something, it is lost for the owner. In this case, the owner still has the object in question, and the crime is instead a perceived loss of revenue, which may or may not be true; I have yet to see an investigation which does not smack of bias either way. But to call it stealing is a gross oversimplification, and does in many ways show you to be either uninformed, or a witch-hunter.


I think the difference between theft and copyright infringement is a fine line, but in terms of the law, fine lines often make all the difference. Perhaps I am uninformed--I don't claim any in-depth knowledge of the subject. However, I don't understand the witch-hunter part.
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Why is downloading "illegally" really illegal? j-whitt987 - 19/01/2011 03:30:57 PM 1438 Views
Hmmm Dark Knight - 19/01/2011 05:00:16 PM 1093 Views
I think Camilla - 19/01/2011 05:11:56 PM 1008 Views
you can't legally record and distribute TV shows random thoughts - 19/01/2011 05:21:06 PM 1086 Views
Re: you can't legally record and distribute TV shows j-whitt987 - 19/01/2011 09:52:48 PM 1176 Views
Many shows (especially sports) forbid the duplication of said show in a statement or the credits. everynametaken - 20/01/2011 03:22:10 AM 1042 Views
I haven't been able to read the credits for TV shows in years. j-whitt987 - 20/01/2011 03:51:40 AM 902 Views
Ignorance of the law is not a valid defence *NM* Stephen - 21/01/2011 01:21:25 PM 472 Views
How do you figure that? j-whitt987 - 21/01/2011 02:08:13 PM 994 Views
Re: How do you figure that? Bergioyn - 21/01/2011 09:09:19 PM 1054 Views
Re: How do you figure that? j-whitt987 - 21/01/2011 09:19:46 PM 923 Views
Re: How do you figure that? Brian - 22/01/2011 08:33:04 PM 1416 Views
What is an imaginary island? The_Muted_Grimaud - 23/01/2011 04:47:40 AM 1041 Views
In some places it's exactly that Brian - 23/01/2011 07:35:32 AM 1277 Views
A lot of it's volume. Palatine - 19/01/2011 05:32:03 PM 975 Views
Your argument lacks merit. jh - 19/01/2011 05:50:11 PM 986 Views
Agreed. Camilla - 19/01/2011 06:01:13 PM 858 Views
Both terms lack accuracy in this case really. Jacob - 19/01/2011 06:37:29 PM 1128 Views
That's what I mean right there. j-whitt987 - 19/01/2011 06:48:38 PM 1029 Views
The punishable crime is Jacob - 21/01/2011 01:57:54 PM 1058 Views
Re: Your argument lacks merit. Palatine - 20/01/2011 03:40:20 PM 942 Views
In my opinion Bergioyn - 19/01/2011 09:22:29 PM 981 Views
The battle is over, the internet won ironclad - 19/01/2011 10:12:50 PM 972 Views
We need to distinguish between a crime and a tort. Tim - 19/01/2011 10:17:30 PM 1089 Views
Very interesting. j-whitt987 - 19/01/2011 10:28:35 PM 1122 Views
Another scrabble word for you is "delict". That's what we call tort in Scotland. Tim - 19/01/2011 10:37:08 PM 1017 Views
I saw. j-whitt987 - 19/01/2011 10:41:27 PM 918 Views
It won't get you very many points. Rebekah - 19/01/2011 10:37:26 PM 884 Views
I would set me up for tortellini. j-whitt987 - 19/01/2011 10:40:45 PM 900 Views
Also in most circumstances you could use "trot" instead. *NM* Tim - 19/01/2011 10:42:26 PM 538 Views
Very nice legal overview, also I like Scotland's approach a lot newyorkersedai - 19/01/2011 11:21:47 PM 938 Views
The case that decided information can't be stolen dates from 1987. Tim - 20/01/2011 09:35:31 AM 1712 Views
Unfortunately, damages can result in thousands of dollars for one song soilent brad - 22/01/2011 08:19:40 PM 870 Views
Here's the US answer on the VCR thing, and how it relates to today's copyright problems newyorkersedai - 19/01/2011 11:35:31 PM 1042 Views
Re: Here's the US answer on the VCR thing, and how it relates to today's copyright problems *NM* newyorkersedai - 19/01/2011 11:37:56 PM 466 Views
Re: Here's the US answer on the VCR thing, and how it relates to today's copyright problems j-whitt987 - 20/01/2011 12:49:55 AM 1262 Views
I look at it both ways, like crossing the street newyorkersedai - 20/01/2011 05:37:30 AM 1106 Views
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