On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:09:48 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:02:27 -0500, flatfish+++ wrote:
>
>> Nitpicking....
>> I steal a car and the owner is laid up in traction for 6 months so he
>> doesn't realize the car is missing and has not reported it.
>>
>> Did I steal a car or not?
>
> Copyright infringment is not stealing. I did not say that Roy stole the
> image. It's still a federal offense, and just as bad, but stealing is
> depriving another individual of the item. It's like calling larceny
> marder. Just as bad, but different things.
Poor choice of words on my part.
I am hardly a legal eagle :)
However, my analogy still holds.
Just because the person doesn't know you are using their property without
permission doesn't mean you didn't do just that.
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flatfish+++
"Why do they call it a flatfish?"
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