Now, that is one lame analogy. The bank robber took money, tangible property,
not vapor.
If I "steal" a copy of your software program tonight while a real thief takes
your car, which one's going to upset you more in the morning? They're both
technically theft, but one's way more worser than the other.
I spent 35 years in the criminal justice system. We took some things a whole
lot more seriously than others, and just hurting somebody's feelings when they
imagained they had been done wrong didn't count for much.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: keith_w <keith_w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> With all due respect, Walt, you have a glitch in your reasoning.
> The thief got the author's product without paying for it, so it IS stealing
> and the author IS harmed.
> No, no physical "taking away" from the author, but his intellectual property
> was stolen, and that's morally and legally wrong!
> A bank robber who steals from a bank is excused because chances are excellent
> he'd never borrow from them anyhow?
> C'mon!
>
> keith whaley
>
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