On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:04:21 +1300 Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 10, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Nick Rout wrote: > > so how is "steal" morally different to "illegally use" > > > Stealing something (physical) deprives the original owner of it's > use/value. > > Illegally using it only deprives the owner while you are using it. > > However, the "duplication" of software/data only deprives the original > owner if it were established that a user of the duplicate would > otherwise have purchased usage rights from the original owner. > that last point is difficult to establish - would you buy windows if you couldn't watch videos/dvds on linux? or would you buy a dvd player. and a tv? (by the way that is not a particularly legalistic analysis, but we are mainly talking morals i think) > -jim >
