Originally Posted by
jcrilley
If it is, I would tell them to come and cuff me. The law has better things to do.
But intellectual property is just that -- property. It is a thing of value owned by someone else. It has the potential to generate income and goodwill. It can also work in the opposite way. The law has determined that people can protect and control their intellectual property through trademark, copyright, and patent protection, just as people can protect their real property through deeds of trust and their personal property through registrations and bills of sale. Surely you would not feel comfortable stealing someone's real or personal property. Why are you so comfortable stealing their intellectual property?
In this age of global marketing and digital commerce, the law in this area becomes more important every day. Especially when people are willing to make statements like the one you have made here.