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<blockquote data-quote="Bendris Noulg" data-source="post: 1543065" data-attributes="member: 6398">The idea of &quot;no theft occuring&quot;, as I seem to be reading it, is that filesharing results in an act more akin to counterfitting.&nbsp; For instance, if I buy a copy of Lord of the Rings at the store and then set up a printing press to crank out 50000 copies, I haven't stolen anything because I haven't physically taken anything.&nbsp; However, the act is copyright infringement; I have reproduced an item that I'm not permitted to reproduce and distributed it in a manner that will likely impact sales to some degree.&nbsp; Now, how much of an impact would have to be determined by an expert (&quot;Forensic Accountants&quot; being the actual name of that particular specialty, and yes, they do exist), but I would be liable for that crime.&nbsp;Now, morally, we could call it theft (I stole their material, I stole the priviliage, and thus stole their profits).&nbsp; However, if we are going to talk about the topic, how we view it (theft) is irrelevant next to the actual law that the crime pertains to (copyright infringement).&nbsp;Granted, IANAL; This is just how I'm comprehending the posts being made.&nbsp; However, it definately seems to make sense to the extent that I understand the law (as my profession involves a measure of proprietary software and thus some knowledge of what I was getting into was desirable at the time).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bendris Noulg, post: 1543065, member: 6398"] The idea of "no theft occuring", as I seem to be reading it, is that filesharing results in an act more akin to counterfitting. For instance, if I buy a copy of [i]Lord of the Rings[/i] at the store and then set up a printing press to crank out 50000 copies, I haven't stolen anything because I haven't physically taken anything. However, the act [i]is[/i] copyright infringement; I have reproduced an item that I'm not permitted to reproduce and distributed it in a manner that will likely impact sales to some degree. Now, how much of an impact would have to be determined by an expert ("Forensic Accountants" being the actual name of that particular specialty, and yes, they do exist), but I would be liable for [i]that[/i] crime. Now, morally, we could call it theft (I stole their material, I stole the priviliage, and thus stole their profits). However, if we are going to talk about the topic, how we view it (theft) is irrelevant next to the actual law that the crime pertains to (copyright infringement). Granted, IANAL; This is just how I'm comprehending the posts being made. However, it definately seems to make sense to the extent that I understand the law (as my profession involves a measure of proprietary software and thus [i]some[/i] knowledge of what I was getting into was desirable at the time). [/QUOTE]

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