No they haven't. They have the right to sue anyone they catch making infringing copies. That is what copyright is. There is no property which they possessed before the infringement that they do not still possess afterward, therefor there cannot have been any theft.
> Sharing duplicates is theft of intellectual property.
No it isn't. Copyright is a bundle of exclusive rights protected by statute, consisting essentially of the right to sue anyone who makes unauthorized copies of the subject work (with some notable exceptions). In order to "steal" a copyright one would have somehow deprive the owner of possession of that right. Making unauthorized copies does not deprive the owner of the copyright of possession of anything[1]. Doing so is a tort. It can be a crime. It is not theft.
Infringing copyright is illegal. It also may often be wrong. Many things are illegal and/or wrong. That does not make them theft.
[1] Unauthorized copying does not "steal" any putative revenue because the copyright owner never had possession of or title to it.
> The problem is that so many people can't, or won't.
They don't need to, as they know that everything coming from the other side is a lie, so they can just ignore the liars. For example, most Slashdotters will tell you that everything coming from the "right" is a lie and worthy only of ridicule. Thus their adoration of Colbert.
> This is what happens when you give contracts to the lowest bidder.
Because they'd obviously get better results by giving them to the highest bidder...
Try to get your head around concepts like "requirements", "specifications", and "lowest qualified bid". You not only do not get paid if you don't do the job you agreed to do, you may even have to pay the extra cost of having someone else do it over.
Corporations are the creatures of government. They have no actual power. The "It's teh evil CORPORATIONS!!1!" meme is misdirection. You are being swindled into giving more power to government under the pretext that it needs it to control that which has no power not lent to it by government.
The universe contains complete, formal, logical systems (e.g. computers).
Real computers are not complete, formal, logical systems.
Are they not governed by the laws of physics?
Real computers are, yes. And they are, therefor, not complete, formal, logical systems. The future state of a real computer is not entirely determined by its current state.
Slashdot Mirror
It belongs in Idle.
...news on Slashdot?
No they haven't. They have the right to sue anyone they catch making infringing copies. That is what copyright is. There is no property which they possessed before the infringement that they do not still possess afterward, therefor there cannot have been any theft.
Yes, and so do some of the malware-creation kits.
And it was always intended as hyperbole.
By focusing the light on the tumor.
They were just familiar with it.
> Sharing duplicates is theft of intellectual property.
No it isn't. Copyright is a bundle of exclusive rights protected by statute, consisting essentially of the right to sue anyone who makes unauthorized copies of the subject work (with some notable exceptions). In order to "steal" a copyright one would have somehow deprive the owner of possession of that right. Making unauthorized copies does not deprive the owner of the copyright of possession of anything[1]. Doing so is a tort. It can be a crime. It is not theft.
Infringing copyright is illegal. It also may often be wrong. Many things are illegal and/or wrong. That does not make them theft.
[1] Unauthorized copying does not "steal" any putative revenue because the copyright owner never had possession of or title to it.
> The problem is that so many people can't, or won't.
They don't need to, as they know that everything coming from the other side is a lie, so they can just ignore the liars. For example, most Slashdotters will tell you that everything coming from the "right" is a lie and worthy only of ridicule. Thus their adoration of Colbert.
...they could get these pirates raided and shut down.
> ...leading up to the Nov. 2 elections
What's to uncover? Just look at anything published by or in support of any politician.
Italy is a Berne signatory so copyright notices are not required.
> This is what happens when you give contracts to the lowest bidder.
Because they'd obviously get better results by giving them to the highest bidder...
Try to get your head around concepts like "requirements", "specifications", and "lowest qualified bid". You not only do not get paid if you don't do the job you agreed to do, you may even have to pay the extra cost of having someone else do it over.
See Bridgeman vs. Corel.
...protected by copyright under USA law. If you are in the USA you are free to download them and share them.
If it has a legal purpose such the above referenced archiving, it is legal under the DMCA.
You're thinking of this one: Linux-vs-Microsoft
Corporations are the creatures of government. They have no actual power. The "It's teh evil CORPORATIONS!!1!" meme is misdirection. You are being swindled into giving more power to government under the pretext that it needs it to control that which has no power not lent to it by government.
n/t
Patents don't apply to code. They apply to inventions. They'd have to remove the functionality.
...demands $1000 per phone and a Federal judge says she will start issuing permanent injunctions in 30 days Microsoft will pay?
> what if they do find 'theory of everything'? Would that mean destiny exists?
No.
Where did your god come from and what are the rules governing the meta-universe she inhabits?
Real computers are not complete, formal, logical systems.
Real computers are, yes. And they are, therefor, not complete, formal, logical systems. The future state of a real computer is not entirely determined by its current state.
Adding a few bits would be no easier than adding 96.