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____/ Andrew Halliwell on Friday 01 August 2008 20:11 : \____
> Moshe Goldfarb. <brick_n_straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:34:50 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>> How can you steal something that is free?
>
> Copyright infringement is not theft.
> It is copyright infringement, but the MPAA infringed on copyright by not
> abiding by the GPL which is a permissive license. If you do not abide by it
> then normal copyright law comes into force.
>
> They didn't negotiate with anyone to use the code without having to
> distribute the source, thereofre, they illegally copied and distributed it.
>
> Therefore, they're fucking hypocrits.
I put 'steal' in scare quotes, intentionally. I thought it would be funny to
misuse the word just the like Media Mafia does.
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