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