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Just because you keep calling it theft, doesn't change that we are discussing copyright infringement. Completely different law.
by Fnoord 7y ago
Just because you keep calling it theft, doesn't change that we are discussing copyright infringement. Completely different law.
- jjeaff 7y agoI think that most people would agree that copyright infringement is a subset of theft.
- Fnoord 7y agoI don't agree with that, and I hope "most people" would not agree with that either. With copyright infringement, the original copy still exists. With theft, the original copy changed ownership. The harm and impact are very different and less obvious.
- jjeaff 7y agoYou don't think that if I made copies of Disney movies and sold the copies on the roadside, that would be a form of theft?
- Fnoord 7y agoCopyright infringement is what it would be. Additionally, possibly counterfeiting if they are sold as the real thing. If you'd have stolen the copies, it would be theft and copyright infringement. I don't understand why we still have this discussion...