Re: SOD Editor-Retrographer Volunteers

From: necoandjeff (spam_at_schrepfer.com)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 05:04:44 GMT

James Rose wrote:
>> And pretty soon, the king genius among us here is going to be
>> arguing that "identity theft" is also legally "theft" merely because
>> everyone refers to it as such...
>
> Is your argument that information cannot be stolen? That it has no
> value as an asset?

I've gone on the record in this ng previously as being perhaps a little more
willing than some to tolerate an analogy between copyright infingement and
theft. Many people do think of it that way (the digital manbiki hou of Japan
being yet another example), and it is a handy way to impress upon potentiall
infringers the gravity of the offense. But you seem to be going beyond
analogies and saying it truly is the same thing (legally speaking) as theft.
That is simply incorrect. And saying so does not mean that information has
no value as an asset. I leave it to you to work out your own non-sequitor
and determine how both can be true at the same time.

California bar #215601 (3 years and 3 days), graduate of Boalt Hall
(consistently ranked one of the top law schools in the country in the field
of IP) and awarded a Certificate in Law and Technology upon graduation. BTW,
I never saw an answer to how long you have been admitted to the bar...

Jeff

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