Re:Excoin exchange's Bitcoins stolen, will be shutting down
by trupedo on Sunday February 15, 2015 @03:31PM
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Computers can verify, instantly and exactly, the monetary damage of "stolen" bitcoins.
Nobody has veified (or posssibly can verify) the damage of a "stolen' movie. For all we know piracy promotes purchase.
Either way, you can't "steal" information by copying it, but therein lies the difference in how the word might apply here but not in copyright discussions.
Nobody has veified (or posssibly can verify) the damage of a "stolen' movie. For all we know piracy promotes purchase.
Either way, you can't "steal" information by copying it, but therein lies the difference in how the word might apply here but not in copyright discussions.