Copyright != property

Posted Apr 10, 2021 22:26 UTC (Sat) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Copyright != property by Max.Hyre
Parent article: US Supreme Court rules for Google over Oracle

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