Copying Is Not Theft - Official Version

When this video* was published, I thought the idea it tells was too obvious and well known, but time proved me wrong it seems. Please watch it. (*) [VIDEO]

Agree with you, except on the use of "steal". You steal when the owner lose the original. What happens in BitTorrent/FTP is copy. More about in copy is not theft video: [VIDEO]

I can't believe people are still equating copyright infringement with physical theft. Didn't that tired old argument die a long time ago ? If not, why not ? One more time, boys and girls: [VIDEO]

Oh no, you are now required to watch this damned cartoon: [VIDEO] (A one minute ELI5 explanation about the difference between physical and intellectual property.)

It’s been more than a decade since I had the opportunity to plug this educative video in an internet conversation: [VIDEO]

Which dictionary defines taking as simply gaining or acquiring something? If you "take" something from someone else it generally means that they no longer have what you took. This is all really pretty simple: [VIDEO] Also, (at least in the US) legally copyright infringement is distinct from stealing.

> I am not familiar enough to say he did or didn't steal company property, but I would certainly not say that " there is no market for stolen code ". He hasn't stolen anything (since the source code is still on GS' computers), he just copied it illegaly. Using the word "stealing" for this is plain propaganda. > [VIDEO] [Copying Is Not Theft]

It seems that this "manufacturing counterfeits" is literally just copying Windows CDs: > Lundgren made 28,000 of the discs and shipped them to a broker, who planned to sell them to computer refurbishing shops for about 25 cents each, so they could provide them to used-computer buyers. > Microsoft’s lawyers valued the discs at $25 each and said they represent $700,000 in potential sales. Firstly I think it's a harsh sentence (because copying isn't theft[0]), but secondly can anyone tell me why on earth he didn't just burn some Debian discs? (Perhaps with LXDE if it's really old computers.) [0]: [VIDEO]