From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2007-03-23T02:09:26+09:00
Subject: Re: free pdf ebook

Tanner Burson wrote:
> On 3/22/07, Kyle Schmitt <kyleaschmitt@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Really?  What type of crime is it.  Completely off topic, but it's
>> interesting.
> 
> 
> The same kind of crime it is in the United States I imagine, civil 
> copyright
> infringement.  This is getting way OT, but google for essays by Lawrence
> Lessig for a lot more information on the differences between theft and
> copyright infringement.


No, it can land you in a criminal court, additional to the civil branch 
of the justice system.

(Yes, our RIAA and MPAA equivalents have gone crazy, too)

-- 
Phillip "CynicalRyan" Gawlowski

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