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> Words mean what people use them to mean Semantics matter though when even courts start to become confused by the inexact use of terminology. Here is a copyr
by wcoenen 9y ago
> Words mean what people use them to mean
Semantics matter though when even courts start to become confused by the inexact use of terminology.
Here is a copyright infringement case that had to be taken to the US supreme court to reverse a guilty verdict for "interstate transportation of stolen property": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowling_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowling_v._United_States