Re:Show HN: Magnetissimo – Self-hosted torrent search engine...
by e12e on Saturday January 28, 2017 @10:39AM
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> In both scenarios the person's property is being stolen.
With material theft, the person that is stolen from looses access to what is stolen. This is true in the case of a GPL violation. But not in the case of classic copyright violation.
You might argue that copyright violation prevents extracting profit - but it doesn't mean the victim loses access to their property.
With material theft, the person that is stolen from looses access to what is stolen. This is true in the case of a GPL violation. But not in the case of classic copyright violation.
You might argue that copyright violation prevents extracting profit - but it doesn't mean the victim loses access to their property.