Theft
Theft
Posted Jun 2, 2026 23:00 UTC (Tue) by mfuzzey (subscriber, #57966)In reply to: There's AI slop and anti-AI slop by dskoll
Parent article: Nesbitt: Protestware for coding agents
Yes it's the law and you can seek remedies fine but that doesn't make it "theft".
For me theft is "the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with the intention to permanently deprive the other of it. " (UK theft act)
If I take your wallet or your car and don't intend to give it back then that's theft.
If I copy some art or (non open source) software you have created you still have it - sure you may suffer financially from my actions and you can sue me but not for theft but copyright infringement.