Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal

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Angel wrote:
) Data can be stolen without the need to remove anything physical. It's
) the act of taking someone that belongs to someone else that makes it
) theft.

No, it's the act of *removing* something from someone's posession that
makes it theft.  That is the law.

)> Using the word 'stolen' when referring to identities is, as far as I can
)> tell, a metaphor.  It seems like a good metaphor to me, because in general
)> an identity has only one instance.  If someone 'steals' my identity, I can
)> no longer use it, in general.
)
) You still have it, though.

Then it's not a good metaphor, is it ?  Identity 'theft' is not theft.

)> This metaphor doesn't work well when it comes to copyright violation,
)> however.  If somebody downloads a computer game illegaly, the manufacturer
)> of the computer hasn't lost the game.  They still have it.  The illegal
)> download was of a *copy* of the game.
)
) They still have it, yes, but it has decreased in value. That's still
) theft.

No it's not, by DEFINITION.  Go read a law book.

) Theft is taking something from someone else without their permission.

It's *removing* something from someone elses posession.

) Doesn't matter if it's physical goods, or something abstract like code,
) an identity or an idea. If it was mine and you took it without my
) permission, it is theft.

Wrong.


SaSW, Willem
-- 
Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for any of the statements
            made in the above text. For all I know I might be
            drugged or something..
            No I'm not paranoid. You all think I'm paranoid, don't you !
#EOT

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Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com> - 2011-08-01 17:19 +0000
  Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-08-01 11:36 -0600
    Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-01 10:40 -0700
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  Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal tactical <1@2.3> - 2011-08-01 21:57 +0100
    Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal "J. J. Farrell" <jjf@bcs.org.uk> - 2011-08-02 00:28 +0100
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                Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-08-02 21:05 +0000
                Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-08-02 21:32 +0000
                Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-08-02 21:13 +0000
                Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-08-02 21:41 +0000
                Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net> - 2011-08-02 23:55 -0700
                [OT] Copyright infringement != Theft Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2011-08-03 10:50 +0200
                Re: [OT] Copyright infringement != Theft Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-03 08:51 -0700
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                Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal tactical <1@2.3> - 2011-08-02 21:49 +0100
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        [OT] Copyright infringement != Theft Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2011-08-02 16:52 +0200
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