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**Chris** · 04-06-2009, 17:28

Point of information, OP - copyright infringement is not theft. There is no such thing as copyright theft. You can't 'steal' someone's copyright by copying their intellectual property, because after you have copied it they are still in possession of the original - i.e. no theft has taken place.

04-06-2009, 17:28	#2
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,388	Re: 'Slow lane' for copyright thieves Point of information, OP - copyright infringement is not theft. There is no such thing as copyright theft. You can't 'steal' someone's copyright by copying their intellectual property, because after you have copied it they are still in possession of the original - i.e. no theft has taken place.