| stof said: Then it works. We have piracy. Ok. Piracy is wrong, don't Pirate. But it's not theft because your not stealing anything. |
But this copyright infringement(cri) isn't "piracy" ...
piracy according to Wikipedia is: ".. a war-like act committed by a non-state actor, especially robbery or criminal violence committed at sea, on water, or sometimes on shore. It does not normally include crimes on board a vessel among passengers or crew. The term has been used to refer to raids across land borders by non-state actors."
So to use this word for some simple cri is way over the top.
That sig should read "software copyright infringements are neither theft nor piracy", as right now it seems to say that it wasn't a small crime (I don't know if the english language/law has that difference, but in german/german law cri wouldn't even be considered a "crime", but a "trivial offence" or a "delict" or sth. like that) like theft, but rather sth. that's even worse than robbery, lol.
@ superchunk )
"a thief who deserves their hands cut"
I always felt there was sth. wrong with people who demand draconian penalties.
