Re: Thieves Philosophy 101

[Quantum_Cat <quantum-no-spam@cotse.com>]

Hiya, Cooter.

 *>Word-for-word quote from our State law books, which was included in my post
 *>in this same thread slightly earlier. 

Yes.  I saw it.  

 *>You can't even manage to pay attention?

You addressed it to Matthew. If he wanted to follow up on it, that was fine.  I 
was busy crafting my thrashing of your many other idiotic assertions.  Now that 
you've abandoned that branch, I'll take you up here.  ;)

 *>Legal: A person is guilty of theft if he or she takes, or exercises control
 *>over, movable property of another with the intent to deprive him or her
 *>thereof.

Yes.  The person is deprived of his right to determine the copying of his work.

 *>Deprive is defined to mean To withhold property of another permanently 

Once the copyright is infringed, how does the thief "give it back"?  ;)

 *>or for so extended a period as to appropriate a major portion of its
 *> economic value... 

Sure.

 *>(The point is that value must exist, or theft does not occur)

Uh.. the point that must have slipped past you was the word "or", as in 
"permanently *or* for so extended"

You surely know the meaning of the word, OR, don't you? Only one of those 
conditions has to be met.  Once a thief infringes on a copyright, it IS 
permanent.  Sort of like virginity.  Once lost, you don't get it back again.  ;)

Since we're tossing legal stuff around, I'll present further evidence:

"On December 16, 1997, President Clinton signed HR 2265 -- the 'No Electronic 
Theft' Act -- into law. The act, sponsored by Representative Goodlatte
(R-Virginia), was passed in the House on 11/4/97 and in the Senate on 11/13/97.

HR 2265 was viewed as "closing a loophole" in the criminal law. Under the old 
statutory scheme, people who intentionally distributed copied software
over the Internet did not face criminal penalties if they did not profit from 
their actions."

Text for this act is at: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/hr2265.html

The Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act just boosted 
how much the thief would have to pay.  Cool.  ;)


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