From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2006-05-17T01:28:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Ticked Off [OT]


On May 16, 2006, at 12:06 PM, Peter Hickman wrote:

> gwtmp01@mac.com wrote:
>> Are you arguing that the word 'theft' is reserved to describe the  
>> misappropriation of tangible goods and therefore doesn't apply to  
>> copyright infringement or are you trying to say that there is some  
>> ethical difference between the two situations?  I'm confused.
>>
>> Gary Wright
>>
> Theft: If I steal the shirt off your back you no longer have a shirt.
> Copyright infringement: If I steal the design of the shirt on you  
> back you still have a shirt.
>
> There is a difference and the case law to support it.

Yes, *I* know there is a difference but many of the posts here were  
ambiguous, at best, on this point.

So we've clarified the terminology.  It still isn't clear to me if  
you (or others) are suggesting that the two are differently ethically.