Re: Thieves Philosophy 101

[russotto@wanda.pond.com (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <981869492.3a8623b499b4c@webmail.cotse.com>,
Quantum_Cat  <quantum-no-spam@cotse.com> wrote:
>Hiya, Matthew,
>
> *>That's right Meow Mix; the Copyright Act never says that the
> *>infringment on a copyright isn't theft.  Nor does it ever say it IS theft.
>
>There are references to:
>
>"The Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999, Pub. 
>L. No. 106-160, 113 Stat 1774, (amending chapter 5 of the United States Code to 
>increase statutory damages for copyright infringement), enacted December 9, 
>1999."
>
>Now why they would call copyright infringement "theft" in the title of the act 
>will be left as an exercise to the student.  ;)

Propaganda value; bill titles are not in themselves substantive law.
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Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."