Actually, it's commonly called a "payment method." Amazon does it every day.

If I copy your credit card we both have it. (not theft)
If I steal your money you no longer have it. (theft)

On 9/8/2010 10:47 PM, sanga collins wrote:
If you copy a credit card ... that is fraud! LOL

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Exactly,

    Thanks J at last a note of sanity :-)


    On 8 September 2010 20:20, J.Mwebaze <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    > To Tim
    > If i copy a credit card - that is not theft - but if i use the
    copied credit
    > card for any transactions - then that is theft !
    > J.
    >
    >
    > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Simon Vass <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    >>
    >> Seriously, linking piracy to terrorism I thought took thing way
    way too
    >> far and made the message pointless. Yeah I pirate something and
    planes fly
    >> in to the twin towers.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> Simon Vass
    >> Technical Manager
    >> E-Tech Uganda Ltd
    >> http://www.etech.ug
    >> Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621
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    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> ----- Original Message -----
    >> From: "Tim Schofield" <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>>
    >> To: "Kyle Spencer" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
    >> Cc: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>>
    >> Sent: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 12:12:25 PM GMT +03:00 Iraq
    >> Subject: [LUG] Re: [OT] Copying is not theft! (Hi Tim!)
    >>
    >> Just a quick serious response. The reason you are wrong here is
    that
    >> copyright theft is theft even under your definition, because the
    >> copyright holder has been deprived of their royalties.
    >>
    >> Think credit cards. If I copy someone's credit card and use it
    to buy
    >> stuff, is this theft, or am I benefiting everyone by creating
    an extra
    >> card that didn't exist before?
    >>
    >> Anyway, enough of this.
    >>
    >> Tim
    >>
    >> On 8 September 2010 06:19, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    >> >  Hey Tim
    >> >
    >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw-MFeR8Frw
    >> >
    >> > If my theory is correct, your head should explode around the
    45 second
    >> > mark.
    >> >
    >> > Enjoy! :)
    >> >
    >> > Regards,
    >> > Kyle Spencer
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >>
    >>
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