Waging War on Business

[Jim]

On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 09:53, Darrell Shandrow wrote:
> Hi Derek,
> 
> Is "piracy" and "theft" too rough for ya'?  I mean, isn't that ultimately
> what "copyright infringement" really comes down to?

The words are not too rough.  They are inaccurate.  In order to
prosecute theft or piracy, the BSA would need to prove that the software
was stolen.  Thwy are not attempting to prosecute theft or piracy,
however.  Thwy ARE prosecuting copyright infringement.

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Neighbors" <derek@gnue.org>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Waging War on Business
> 
> 
> > > 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
> >
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