[PLUG] Abe Lincoln would likely laugh at Eisner

Nathan Meyers nmeyers at javalinux.net
Fri Mar 29 16:23:23 UTC 2002


On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 08:03:33AM -0800, Greg Long wrote:
> Those who cry theft fail to observe the fundamental difference between 
> outright theft and copyright infringement:  When something is copied, 
> the original owner still has his or her copy, whereas if someone steals 
> my car, I'm walking.

So if someone steals and cashes a paycheck out of your mailbox, it's just
infringement instead of theft. Not that I agree with Eisner and with the
massive subversion of copyright law now going on, but infringement does
deprive copyright holders of income.

Nathan




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