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James Burt, 24, of Sinnamon Park in Queensland will pay Nintendo $1.5 million after an out-of-court settlement was struck to compensate the company for the loss of sales revenue.
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It doesn't say theft, just the loss of sales revenue. The sales were never made in the first place, it's not theft, it's piracy.
 
kokonut said:
Yet people failed to note the Nintendo rip-off article where a court found a man guilty of distributing a Nintendo game available for upload for others to steal without paying. This is theft. And loss of revenue for the company.
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and exactly where in the legal case you showed us that says "theft" or "stealing"?

Under Australian law, copying and distributing games without the permission of the copyright holder is a breach of the Copyright Act.
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Banjo said:
It doesn't say theft, just the loss of sales revenue. The sales were never made in the first place, it's not theft, it's piracy.
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A civil form of theft. You are still stealing a product that you haven't paid for. Hence, illegal downloads. It is a theft. You're not paying for it. A simple concept here.
 
kokonut said:
A civil form of theft. You are still stealing a product that you haven't paid for. Hence, illegal downloads. It is a theft. You're not paying for it. A simple concept here.
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your "simple concept" doesn't hold in legal cases. that's why no one is charged with theft, burglary, or stealing. only copyright infringement.
 
kokonut said:
A civil form of theft. You are still stealing a product that you haven't paid for. Hence, illegal downloads. It is a theft. You're not paying for it. A simple concept here.
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Piracy.
 
Wirelessly posted

You know... Everytime you're reusing a picture or video without citing the source or a linkback on your own blog... It's assumed you own the data, even though you don't.
 
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Main Entry: pi·ra·cy
Pronunciation: \ˈpī-rə-sē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural pi·ra·cies
Etymology: Medieval Latin piratia, from Late Greek peirateia, from Greek peiratēs pirate
Date: 1537

1 : an act of robbery on the high seas; also : an act resembling such robbery
2 : robbery on the high seas
3 a : the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright b : the illicit accessing of broadcast signals

Source: Merriam-Webster

It doesn't say about theft or stealing but it is just kokonut's way to say in his opinion and he thinks that he is right.
 
Jiro said:
:ty: for proving our case.

from your post - Hollywood loses key battle over illegal downloads

it identified the issue as "piracy" and "copyrights infringement".... not theft or stealing.
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Banjo said:
In your opinion. To the government, it's piracy, not theft.

You can beat the dead horse as much as you want to, it's not going to change anything.
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I see nothing new has come around here yet, and the armchair man has brought out his usual assortment of jellybean flavored links believed just only for refuting his statement. :wave:
 
Foxrac said:
3 a : the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright b : the illicit accessing of broadcast signals

Source: Merriam-Webster
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Either way.....

3 a : the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright

Even if you refuse to call it theft.....you can't say piracy isn't wrong.
 
Incorrect, it isn't theft.
 
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