[Gllug] Uh oh, ministers consider "anti file-sharing laws"

[Richard Jones]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:58:07AM +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> Jason Clifford wrote:
> > Fundamental to the concept of theft is deprivation of the object
> 
> Rubbish.  Money gets routinely stolen without any physical object 
> changing hands.
> 
> Is hacking into a bank and transferring money elsewhere somehow a lesser 
> form of stealing than, say, taking a wallet from a locker, just because 
> nothing physical was involved?  "Wealth infringement" perhaps?

This is entirely different because if I transfer funds out of
your account, then you no longer have the money.

If I hack into the bank's database and just credit my account, then
I'm reducing the value of everyone's money (essentially I'm creating
inflation and stealing from everyone).

Rich.

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Richard Jones
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