On 30/10/2007, Richard Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > copying someone else's work when they've specifically asked you not to, > and giving it away is theft - it is NOT sharing. > > Rich. > Actually, that's copyright infringement, not theft; big difference, one's a criminal act, the other is a matter for the civil courts. Please can we stop equating the two, it's just plain factually wrong, and there's also a big ethical difference as in theft you deprive the owner of his\her property, not so with copyright infringement.
Vijay.
