>Subject: Re: Palm crack site found >From: "herry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 17:52:38 -0500 >> Depends upon your definition of theft. If you are looking at it from the >> thief's point of view, then stealing something regardless of value, then >> giving it away would tend to make one think it's not stealing. From the >> person's point of view who owned the object, it doesn't matter if it had >> value or not, it's still gone. From an intellectual property point of >view, >> it doesn't matter if it is resold or not, the act deprives the owner of >> revenue. >I define theft as taking something that belongs to someone else. >To me, depriving the owner's revenue is NOT theft. Sorry, but under both US and British law this is theft, a criminal act. Directly equivalent to shoplifting, where you deprive the shop owner of revenue by taking merchandise without paying for it. Roger Stringer Marietta Systems, Inc. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
