"When software or hardware are used to take control of a computer away from that computer's owner bad things will happen."
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Like an OS for instance?
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I know that a lot of people think that once they have downloaded something it belongs to them but consider this for a moment: Suppose that you point your camera at the bedroom window across the way where some very interesting things are happening and press the shutter button. Does the resulting image belong to you? Well, you might say that it does indeed since the image was caused by a modulated light stream which entered your home and not by anything which belonged to the participants in the neighbor's bedroom... You might say that if you wished but, as we all know, you would be wrong according to well accepted common law. If you were one of the participants in the bedroom, and not the one holding the camera you might have a completely different view of the situation.
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"When software or hardware are used to take control of a computer away from that computer's owner bad things will happen." . . Like an OS for instance? . . I know that a lot of people think that once they have downloaded something it belongs to them but consider this for a moment: Suppose that you point your camera at the bedroom window across the way where some very interesting things are happening and press the shutter button. Does the resulting image belong to you? Well, you might say that it does indeed since the image was caused by a modulated light stream which entered your home and not by anything which belonged to the participants in the neighbor's bedroom... You might say that if you wished but, as we all know, you would be wrong according to well accepted common law. If you were one of the participants in the bedroom, and not the one holding the camera you might have a completely different view of the situation.