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Stealing is simply an inappropriate term any way you look at it. Stealing involves a transfer of an item from one party to another. It's not stealing if the or
by mrcharles 17y ago
Stealing is simply an inappropriate term any way you look at it. Stealing involves a transfer of an item from one party to another. It's not stealing if the original person still has it.
- jcl 17y agoYes, but this is precisely the kind of term they will choose, regardless of appropriateness; "piracy" was not exactly a textbook definition of copyright infringement, either. I am pointing out that "stealing" is not an improvement over "piracy", as far as the perceived coolness of the crime.