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Re: when in doubt wipe it out



Dave Sherohman wrote:
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 01:54:08PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:

John Hasler wrote:

There is no theft involved here.

Are you aware of the details of the case? How do you know that no
theft was involved?


I believe his point was that copyright violation is not theft.

I believe he is wrong, in the USA, at least. You might investigate the
DMCA. AIUI, copyright violation has been moved from being a tort to
being a crime.

(While copyright violation may arguably prevent you from receiving profit
that would have come from a sale, it does not take anything from you
that you already possessed.)


Read the DMCA.

Mike
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