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Re:The Danger of E-Books by rhino369 on Friday October 16, 2015 @11:13AM (#10399829)
The idea that theft has to include rivalrous good is a strawman. You are just taking the difference between theft you don't like and pirating and then saying that difference is hugely important.
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Re:The Danger of E-Books by vezzy-fnord on Friday October 16, 2015 @12:03PM (#10400192)
Hey, it isn't me making straw man arguments. It's the SCOTUS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowling_v._United_States

Face it, you're a fringe view.

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Re:The Danger of E-Books by baldfat on Friday October 16, 2015 @01:25PM (#10400759)
That deals with only one criminal law: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/113/2314

The code is:

> Whoever transports, transmits, or transfers in interstate or foreign commerce any goods, wares, merchandise, securities or money, of the value of $5,000 or more, knowing the same to have been stolen, converted or taken by fraud; or ....

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