Copyright != property

Posted Apr 10, 2021 20:36 UTC (Sat) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054)
In reply to: US Supreme Court rules for Google over Oracle by bauermann
Parent article: US Supreme Court rules for Google over Oracle

I was once in a movie theater which played the RIAA propaganda equating copying a song with smashing a car window to steal a CD. Afterwards someone actually shouted out ``It's not theft, it's copyright infringement.''

Copyright != property

Posted Apr 10, 2021 22:26 UTC (Sat) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

Sounds like the fun we had with joyriders in the UK :-)

I believe theft is defined as "permanently depriving the owner of their property". Which copying a song most definitely does not.

Amd when joyriders nicked a car over here, I believe their defence council argued "it's not theft, they got their car back". So they had to bring in a new law of "TWOCing" - Taking WithOut Consent.

Cheers,
Wol