[ExI] Problem with Pattents

[Tom Tobin]

On 2/22/08, Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday 22 February 2008, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>  > Little Red Book. You can't outcompete people who innovate unless you
>  > innovate, too, and you can't innovate without paying inventors. It's
>  > as simple as that.
>
> I think you can if you steal.

Unless the original entity no longer has the item in question, the
action can't be termed "stealing".  Infringing on their
copyright/patents, sure, but it's not stealing.