Richard Tobin wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> >Intellectual property is property. > > >> And property is theft. > > >http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon > > As usual, you miss the point. Just as the fact that's there's an > often-quoted assertion "property is theft" doesn't prove that property > IS theft, the fact that someone coined the phrase "intellectual > property" does not mean that such a thing exists. Both are just > slogans for a political viewpoint.
Intellectual property is a slogan? It's a law, not a slogan. And as for theft (of intellectual property)... ------- TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I--CRIMES CHAPTER 90--PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS Sec. 1832. Theft of trade secrets (a) Whoever, with intent to convert a trade secret, that is related to or included in a product that is produced for or placed in interstate or foreign commerce, to the economic benefit of anyone other than the owner thereof, and intending or knowing that the offense will, injure any owner of that trade secret, knowingly-- (1) steals, or without authorization appropriates, takes, carries away, or conceals, or by fraud, artifice, or deception obtains such information; (2) without authorization copies, duplicates, sketches, draws, photographs, downloads, uploads, alters, destroys, photocopies, replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, communicates, or conveys such information; (3) receives, buys, or possesses such information, knowing the same to have been stolen or appropriated, obtained, or converted without authorization; (4) attempts to commit any offense described in paragraphs (1) through (3); or (5) conspires with one or more other persons to commit any offense described in paragraphs (1) through (3), and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. (b) Any organization that commits any offense described in subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $5,000,000. ------- for example. regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss