dejadeadnz:

 

MikeB4:

 

 

 

The piracy thing will never be answered here, the venue for that is the Courts. Can we just park it .

 

 

 

I don't personally have much time of the day for the off-topic rantings by Ockel and Rikkitic. But on this issue there actually isn't a debate: legally, piracy isn't theft. "Theft" is very specifically defined under the Crimes Act. One of the required elements is the thieve must intend to permanently deprive the owner of the property or interest in it. That doesn't fit with piracy.

 

What the status of copyright infringement is philosophically speaking, I have my own views. But the risk of igniting another boring, off-topic debate by Ockel and Rikkitic isn't worth it.

 

But you just did. Parking it, would mean not raising the comment in the first place. 

So lets park it now.