Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >> Say I go to the store and buy a book whose copyright is owned by Fred. I
> >> then take that book home and make a copy. What does Fred own that I stole?
> >
> > His privilege to decide who is entitled to make copies and who isn't.
>
> I didn't steal his privilege. He still owns that privilege and he can still
> sell that privilege to other people.

If his decisions are moot because they aren't respected, instead of the
privilege to make said decisions he now holds a worthless piece of shit.

So you *did* take away that privilege from him.


> > the lines of "handling something in a way that is normally up to the owner to
> > decide, without their consent";
>
> So, rape is a form of theft?  That seems odd.

I said, "something along the lines of..."; I'm not sure about the actual
wording, and in what way it doesn't make rape a form of theft.

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