On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:42:56 +0100 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> Don't want to start a war, but obtaining something with due payment is > > theft. I'm assuming you meant "without". ;-) Not under *copyright law*. As I said, photocopying a book in the library is *not* theft, it is a copyright violation, the same way copying or downloading a song without buying the CD is not theft. Theft is a criminal offense, punishable by criminal sanctions in a criminal court. Copying someone else's material, be it a book, CD, painting, what have you, is not a criminal offense, it is an actionable civil matter, for a civil court, between a plaintiff and a defendant, not between the State, the Crown, the People, however it is defined in your jurisdiction. Doubt me? Ask a lawyer. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I have seen the future and it is just like the present, only longer. -- Kehlog Albran, "The Profit"
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