On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Derek Neighbors wrote:

> > do anything with a computer!  So, there are alternatives, and theft
> > remains both illegal and unethical.
> 
> Can we be correct and not call it theft or piracy, but instead call it
> copyright infringement.  The legality that the BSA charges you with is not
> "theft", but copyright infringement.
> 
> -derek

nah.  Ill call it what it is.  theft.  If somebody is selling something 
and I take that something without paying for it, that is theft.  it does 
not matter what it is.  i.e.  if I use my friends copy of WinXP on my box 
without paying for it, its theft.  If I get permission from MS to do this, 
it is no longer theft because they gave it to me.

yes, over simplified and prolly wrong in alot of places, but its close 
enough (yeah, I used to work for the gub'ment).

David

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