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For physical property, yes. For intellectual property, it can still be stolen even if the original owner still has a copy. e.g. The Soviet spies stole the pla
by bduerst 11y ago
For physical property, yes. For intellectual property, it can still be stolen even if the original owner still has a copy.
e.g. The Soviet spies stole the plans for the hydrogen bomb.
- johansch 11y agoAh, so you mean the actual blueprints? And the poor Americans had no copies? How stupid of them!
- Natanael_L 11y agoSo... copied.
- tbrownaw 11y agoNo, for intellectual property the word "stolen" is not appropriate. (Well, unless you're talking about getting the courts to tell the original owner it's yours instead. Which has been at least attempted a few times.)
- bduerst 11y agoIt is semantically appropriate for the word steal. I think you're confusing it with the criminal implications.