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Piracy Is Not Theft !

Submitted by admin on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 08:47.
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Piracy is not THEFT!

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 17:39.

Well that sure was informational. Well at least I know I wasn't stealing things!

Cool!

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 18:40.

Thanks for this. I see the content industry working to confuse these two issues, and even more disturbing, I see Internet posters frequently echoing back their propaganda. High time for some clarification.

Piracy is NOT theft. The distinction IS important.

"Theft" is a a clearly-defined matter of criminal law. It is also a reasonably well-accepted moral issue (though we all understand that circumstances may vary).

"Piracy" is a poorly-defined term at best. But it is generally taken to mean "copyright infringement" by way of personal copying. Copyright is traditionally a matter of civil law -- it's a contract issue, NOT a crime as such (pre-DMCA!), and certainly NOT something that's easily translated into moral absolutes.

The content industry wants to conflate these terms because they want "piracy" to look like a clear moral issue. When in fact, it's a murky economic problem, defined chiefly in terms of profit.

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