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Article #1943Re: NeXT move ? Make A CD Image?
From: J.B. Nicholson-Owens
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 20:07
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 20:07
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Chuck Swiger wrote: > You appear to understand that it's wrong to steal software when the company is > still selling it. You seem to believe that it somehow becomes okay to steal > software once that product is no longer being sold. Unauthorized duplication and distribution is not theft. > [ Note that what we're discussing has nothing to do with opinion, merely > straightforward facts and the law... The law distinguishes between theft versus unauthorized duplication and distribution. What's going on here is people assisting other people to make unauthorized copies and distribute those copies to their friends (otherwise known as sharing), not stealing. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Theft has 3 brief paragraphs to say about calling copyright infringement theft.
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