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Re:Google doesn't recognise or penalise stolen content by bduerst on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:29PM (#10494962)
For physical property, yes. For intellectual property, it can still be stolen even if the original owner still has a copy.

e.g. The Soviet spies stole the plans for the hydrogen bomb.

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Re:Google doesn't recognise or penalise stolen content by tbrownaw on Monday November 02, 2015 @10:31PM (#10497272)
No, for intellectual property the word "stolen" is not appropriate.

(Well, unless you're talking about getting the courts to tell the original owner it's yours instead. Which has been at least attempted a few times.)

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Re:Google doesn't recognise or penalise stolen content by bduerst on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @12:49PM (#10501179)
It is semantically appropriate for the word steal. I think you're confusing it with the criminal implications.
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Re:Google doesn't recognise or penalise stolen content by johansch on Monday November 02, 2015 @05:17PM (#10495756)
Ah, so you mean the actual blueprints? And the poor Americans had no copies? How stupid of them!
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Re:Google doesn't recognise or penalise stolen content by Natanael_L on Monday November 02, 2015 @05:21PM (#10495774)
So... copied.
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