On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, John J. Trammell wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:07:22AM -0500, Mike Miller wrote: >> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, Bob Hartmann wrote: >> >>> 3. Stealing from Microsoft and Adobe is wrong. >> >> (A) It isn't "stealing" because you are not taking anything away from >> them when you make a copy of something. It's not like taking someone's >> purse. It's more like taking a photo of someone's purse. > > Utter nonsense. In today's legal climate, regardless of your opinion of > the matter, it is a prosecutable offense, and it is irresponsible of you > to say otherwise. It might be hard for you to accept this, but a law that equates copying a file with stealing a purse is a very bad law. Mike