On 11/28/2012 9:14 PM, Home Guy wrote:
KR Williams ) wrote:

You can't be charged in the law for theft unless the item being
stolen is real property (physical, tangible).

Intellectual and creative property is not real property.

Yes, I'm sorry, I've been so stupid here in this thread.
Your explanations make sense - certainly more sence then I've been
making.

I must apologize to everyone reading this thread (and pretty much
everything that I've ever written here) that I've been the real
idiot around here.

Apology accepted.


FYI

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34109.pdf

"If the offense consists of the reproduction or distribution (including
by electronic means)
during any 180-day period of at least 10 copies of one or more
copyrighted works, which have a
total retail value of more than $2,500, an imprisonment sentence of not
more than 5 years, or a
fine in the amount of up to $250,000, or both" etc....

Interesting article. The word "imprisonment" and "criminal" appear
several times.