- From: Edward <EdwardSnowden2387@outlook.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:33:44 +0000
- To: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>
- CC: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
On 06/15/2013 12:32 AM, John Foliot wrote: > ... and steal other content with different types of licenses, via sites > like Pirate Bay ... Illegal copying of copyrighted material via Pirate Bay is not theft, it is copyright infringement[1]. It is quite telling that you use the same misleading terminology that the MPAA use to make it sound graver than it is according to law (including U.S. law[2]). MPAA doublespeak | in the real world =------------------------------------------ property | copyright steal/theft | copyright infringement content protection | user restrictions Please use the proper terms henceforth, thank you. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay_trial [2] http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.pdf -- E.
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