err to answer again:
Piracy is not stealing but it's still illegal because it's counterfeiting goods (here software) which is a crime. However it's not the same crime as it's an indirect process. I'm not saying it's good, i'm just saying it's not theft.
The type of crime matters a lot, you won't see pirates go to jail, they'll be fined. The ones that go do jail are the ones that do direct damage by either stealing, or selling counterfited goods (which there is direct because the sale did take place), but this is not piracy.
satisfied with the answer? because to me that is the same one as I put up there but with different words... I would have thought that the prada bag and nike shoe exemple suffice to make the link with counterfited goods ^^ but from Ali's post it's apparent that not.
And Benkenobi, I do agree that games and software are the ones most hurt by Piracy and sometimes hurt in a way that harms, however unlike movies and music, they have a means of protecting themselves... search and arrest the rippers.... as it requiers a skill beyond pressing the record button to crack a software.
Similarly Ali, your 8 man months would be better served to try and find the groups like Reloaded and pay a front page in newspapers once they are arrested so that you get an actual effective solution.
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