Chambers wrote:
> On 5/14/2009 9:29 PM, Darren New wrote:
>> Chambers wrote:
>>> Legally, IP is property. However, it has no physical substance and is,
>>> well, rather abstract.
>>
>> Legally, real estate is also property. How do you steal it?
> 
> I wasn't aware you could steal real estate due to the logistics 
> involved.  You can, of course, illegally occupy it.

That's kind of my point. Is illegally occupying my land "theft"? According 
to the "copying is theft" definitions, it would seem it is.

(And yes, it's actually possible to steal land, in a way that leaves the 
victim unable to recover it.  Sucks, doesn't it?)

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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