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Originally Posted by Skullcowboy
I wondered when you would jump on that bandwagon. Piracy is not theft. It is copyright infringement. There are bookloads of law specifically devoted to it and if you are caught doing it that is what you are prosecuted for. Not theft. If I steal a shirt, a tangible good, the owner of the shirt has lost the ability to sell that shirt. If I make a copy of a program, the owner of the program can still sell more copies. I condone neither copyright infringement nor theft, but if you are going to blather, at least get it right.
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piracy is theft. That much is crystal clear.
copyright infringement is totally different, that is when you have the color of a right. A pirate does'nt, he is a thief.