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Doesn't stealing - technically speaking - mean taking another person's property without an intention of returning it? Duplicating someone's property without the
by jp555 11y ago
Doesn't stealing - technically speaking - mean taking another person's property without an intention of returning it? Duplicating someone's property without their permission is copyright infringement, not stealing. You're making more of it, not less of it.
- icebraining 11y agoThe SCOTUS agrees with you (in Dowling v. United States). Dowling prevailed, because while he committed copyright infringement (for profit!), he didn't steal. Technically.