21 Aug
2015
21 Aug
'15
6:18 p.m.
On 2015-08-21 20:09, Evan Koblentz wrote:
Well, technically I would argue that they are denying you the
compensation that you should be entitled to. It's not the same as
stealing from you.
(Sorry for disagreeing with you, but I think using the correct terms are
important.)
Stealing implies that you loose something you had possession of.
All that said, the action of denying you something that is your by right
is also illegal.
Johnny
That's why I speak out against attempts to
paint copyright violation
as other things, such as theft: it's an appeal to emotions, trying to
equate "thing I want people to oppose" with "very different thing I
expect people already consider bad". It's a fundamentally dishonest
bit of oratory.
I write for a (meager) living. If someone were to take my work and
decide for themselves that it should be online for free, then they ARE
stealing from me. That is reality, not the semantics of case law.