Re:Swiss Copyright Law: Downloading Stays Legal, No Site Blo...
by Karunamon on Thursday September 19, 2019 @01:06PM
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>using the word "steal" for willful copyright infringement is common and correct usage.
The problem here is that we're talking about legal usage at the end of the day. "Copyright infringement" is a legal term, as is "theft", and on this matter, the supreme court already ruled.
The short version is that someone made a business pressing and selling Elvis records without the rights to do so, and the license holder tried to get him for theft. SCOTUS basically said no, copyright infringement and theft are not the same thing.
The problem here is that we're talking about legal usage at the end of the day. "Copyright infringement" is a legal term, as is "theft", and on this matter, the supreme court already ruled.
The short version is that someone made a business pressing and selling Elvis records without the rights to do so, and the license holder tried to get him for theft. SCOTUS basically said no, copyright infringement and theft are not the same thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowling_v._United_States_(1985...