[Leaplist] Patent reform vs terminating Intellectual Property laws [was Re: FYI, evidence of realities of IP]

[Bill Anderson]

On Tuesday 23 January 2007 12:27, Steve Litt wrote:

> > >
> > > Copying is not stealing under any rational
> > > definition. Copyright infringement
> > > it may be (depending on situation), but stealing it
> > > is not. To steal means to
> > > take something that belongs to someone. If I look
> > > over our shoulder on an
> > > exam in class and copy your answers, what have I
> > > *taken* from you? Nothing.
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> > That is actually a very good example.  Copying off
> > someones exam is totally unethical, indefensible, and
> > could cast suspicion on a good student, but it is not
> > stealing.
>
> Unless, of course, the test is graded on the curve.


So what was specifically *taken from* the one who was copied?