Is Copyright Infringement Stealing?

[kurttrail]

WSJ: You watch physics lectures and Harlem Globetrotters [on YouTube]?

Gates: This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.

WSJ: But those were stolen, correct?

Gates: Stolen's a strong word. It's copyrighted content that the owner
wasn't paid for. So yes.

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[Nick]

WSJ: You watch physics lectures and Harlem Globetrotters [on YouTube]?

Gates: This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.

WSJ: But those were stolen, correct?

Gates: Stolen's a strong word. It's copyrighted content that the owner
wasn't paid for. So yes.

In novels, where there might be reference to a range of published material,
acknowledgements of copyright will be made where they are known - permission
having been requested for use of the material. I would have thought that
this is generally given.

The author/publisher will sometimes invite the owners of copyrights in other
material that has been used to contact the publisher so that in future
editions the copyright might be acknowledged and presumably the owner of the
copyright will be thanked for their permission.

In the literary world to use material that has been written by someone
else - and to not acknowledge it - is called plagiarism.

See http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism.html

Nick