Also, as someone mentioned here elsewhere, "identity theft" is fraud. So, no, identity theft is not "theft" of your identity because, shocker, you still have one. The perp is out committing fraud with your identifying datum and is probably stealing things from others with it.
Yes, however, concepts are just that, concepts. Theft, by definition, which seems to include the legal one, tells us that theft is depriving someone of "a thing".
I have 'X'. Someone stole my 'X'. My 'X' is now gone. The taking of 'X' is theft.
The copying of 'X' can not be theft under the current legal standard. The state of copyright today is, on the other hand, theft, as the public does not have "the thing" nor will they ever have "the thing" as long as maximalists X-Z continue to get their way.
I just looked up three. I get the impression that none of them will be what you'd like them to be.
theft
n. the generic term for all crimes in which a person intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the taker's use (including potential sale). In many states, if the value of the property taken is low (for example, less than $500) the crime is "petty theft," but it is "grand theft" for larger amounts, designated misdemeanor, or felony, respectively. Theft is synonymous with "larceny." Although robbery (taking by force), burglary (taken by entering unlawfully), and embezzlement (stealing from an employer) are all commonly thought of as theft, they are distinguished by the means and methods used, and are separately designated as those types of crimes in criminal charges and statutory punishments. (See: larceny, robbery, burglary, embezzlement)
One of my own clingons came home from school one day and saw my torrent app up and somehow, clearly not of his own accord, he believed that I was running an illegal application and told me as much.
It's troubling that I had to say that what he was taught or told at school was dead wrong.
How's that for copyright creep? Arts and sciences, indeed.
Copyrights have become theft much more than copying could ever dream of being.
I understand the argument but I think it's quite a stretch.
When asked to point to the person in the room that I saw commit the crime I speak with my finger.
I can sign.
A fingerprint in this application is speaking. You telling your phone to unlock is no different speaking your mind - with your voice, your finger, your face, your pin or any other mechanism requiring your person or parts thereof.
The act of unlocking the thing is speaking. In this case, or others like it, this is potentially self-incriminating speech by any reasonable standard, imo.
1) The police can shoot you and kill you because of the idea of a weapon. Emphasis on idea.
2) There is this weird penchant where our armed and dangerous branches believe addressing a problem is the same as addressing a symptom.
3) Can someone tell me how equipping police to have a, far and away, superior tactical advantage over the policed does not threaten human and civil rights at every imaginable level at any imaginable moment? I can't legally purchase the same level of protection. As a bonus, these guys are practically immune to the legal system. They think they are the system.
4) Why do police believe themselves to be bosses? Non-compliance seems to be roughly equivalent to a death sentence. Or justification for near-death beatings, in the very least.
5) Empowering the powerful can only end badly. Empowering arrogant authority only hastens us towards that ending.
6) elif: From whence does this "authority" come?
7) True policemen are rare. Too rare.
I've always been afraid of the police, always. I think it's innate. I think we're doing it wrong. I think it's getting worse. And please, for fuck's sake, try not to fire until you can at least see a gun. Stop using the pussy excuse for being a thug criminal - equal, in every way, to any other.
Caps are NOTHING but a provider imposing fees on necessities where the true intent is to take your money while providing NOTHING resembling value or fairness in return.
We can't disrupt this "provider" market fast enough.
The police waking up slowly is not really the problem. It's the self-induced coma the manufactures are in that requires rapid response.
Not for nothing but this is partly why I believe we should all own our shit, bolt to bit, and not this faux-ownership privilege based nonsense. Root the planet.
Encryption is, to your royally fucked over constituents, an assertion of privacy. You don't get to fucking say what I can and can't try to protect any longer so .. fuck off. Tosser.
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I have 'X'. Someone stole my 'X'. My 'X' is now gone. The taking of 'X' is theft.
The copying of 'X' can not be theft under the current legal standard. The state of copyright today is, on the other hand, theft, as the public does not have "the thing" nor will they ever have "the thing" as long as maximalists X-Z continue to get their way.
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theft
n. the generic term for all crimes in which a person intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the taker's use (including potential sale). In many states, if the value of the property taken is low (for example, less than $500) the crime is "petty theft," but it is "grand theft" for larger amounts, designated misdemeanor, or felony, respectively. Theft is synonymous with "larceny." Although robbery (taking by force), burglary (taken by entering unlawfully), and embezzlement (stealing from an employer) are all commonly thought of as theft, they are distinguished by the means and methods used, and are separately designated as those types of crimes in criminal charges and statutory punishments. (See: larceny, robbery, burglary, embezzlement)
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It's troubling that I had to say that what he was taught or told at school was dead wrong.
How's that for copyright creep? Arts and sciences, indeed.
Copyrights have become theft much more than copying could ever dream of being.
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I have simple rules
disqus == no comment
drm == yeah, ok, whatever
can get any needed things elsewhere
can give 2cents elsewhere
can enjoy whatever wherever whenever
but paypal, in particular, is a dirty little street whore that will fuck anything.
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When asked to point to the person in the room that I saw commit the crime I speak with my finger.
I can sign.
A fingerprint in this application is speaking. You telling your phone to unlock is no different speaking your mind - with your voice, your finger, your face, your pin or any other mechanism requiring your person or parts thereof.
The act of unlocking the thing is speaking. In this case, or others like it, this is potentially self-incriminating speech by any reasonable standard, imo.
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Re: This means its legal to do the same
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1) The police can shoot you and kill you because of the idea of a weapon. Emphasis on idea.
2) There is this weird penchant where our armed and dangerous branches believe addressing a problem is the same as addressing a symptom.
3) Can someone tell me how equipping police to have a, far and away, superior tactical advantage over the policed does not threaten human and civil rights at every imaginable level at any imaginable moment? I can't legally purchase the same level of protection. As a bonus, these guys are practically immune to the legal system. They think they are the system.
4) Why do police believe themselves to be bosses? Non-compliance seems to be roughly equivalent to a death sentence. Or justification for near-death beatings, in the very least.
5) Empowering the powerful can only end badly. Empowering arrogant authority only hastens us towards that ending.
6) elif: From whence does this "authority" come?
7) True policemen are rare. Too rare.
I've always been afraid of the police, always. I think it's innate. I think we're doing it wrong. I think it's getting worse. And please, for fuck's sake, try not to fire until you can at least see a gun. Stop using the pussy excuse for being a thug criminal - equal, in every way, to any other.
On the post: CenturyLink Claims Broadband Caps Improve The 'Internet Experience' And Empower Consumers
Caps are NOTHING but a provider imposing fees on necessities where the true intent is to take your money while providing NOTHING resembling value or fairness in return.
We can't disrupt this "provider" market fast enough.
Cunts.
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Well, now we know why they insist on secrecy.
The pisser is that this is just scratching the surface. Hell, this is just a 20-yard sniff for that matter. Definitely stinky.
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An entire field of Olympic™ winners it's crystal clear who the losers are.
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Ahhhh-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-haaah-ha-heh-hoo-hoo-hehh. gasp.
omfg, it hurts a little..
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Not for nothing but this is partly why I believe we should all own our shit, bolt to bit, and not this faux-ownership privilege based nonsense. Root the planet.
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Re: Well....
On the post: Hillary Clinton's Tech Policy Plan Includes Some Empty Broadband Promises And A Continued War On Encryption
Encryption is, to your royally fucked over constituents, an assertion of privacy. You don't get to fucking say what I can and can't try to protect any longer so .. fuck off. Tosser.
On the post: Copyright Office Pushing Dangerous And Ridiculous Plan To Strip Websites Of DMCA Safe Harbors
Heck, just import that yearly list of piratey pirating pirate sites and voilà - Renewal Pending.
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