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Originally Posted by TheDon
The OED and Merriam Webster mean nothing when it comes to UK law though, and although TraxData is making his point badly, he is right.
The theft act is VERY clear on the definition of theft.
The key part is bolded. When you use an illegal box you are not permanently depriving VM of any property, therefore it isn't theft. It's the same as why copyright infringement isn't theft (no matter how much the riaa will tell you otherwise) as long as you're not physically depriving someone of something then under UK law it's not theft.
That's not to say it's not illegal (is it) it's just covered by different laws.
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No but if i lived next door or a few doors away to that person stealing services from vm, they would be in effect depriving me as they are reducing the bandwidth available to me which would/might deprive me from receiving my full service. which in my book is theft
gone into hiding now!!!
