DISQUS

Mathew's comments: Hey, CEOs can steal too! Neener, neener!

  • Jonathan Bailey · 2 years ago
    One minor correction, copyright law can be a criminal offense. See title 17 section five chapter six of the U.S. legal code:

    http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#506

    Most of the time it is treated as a civil matter for many different reasons, but there is a potential for a criminal offense. This is how they arrest piracy and counterfeit DVD rings.

    There are differences between the two, but they aren't as simple as civil vs. criminal I'm afraid...

    Hope this helps!
  • Mathew · 2 years ago
    Thanks for pointing that out, Jonathan. I think my central point still holds though -- that physically taking property is legally different than infringing copyright, for a host of very good reasons.