pH7: No disrespect/rudeness intended. What exactly am I jumping the gun on?
GameRager: I may be wrong but some here(I thought you might be one) are thinking that if you discuss semantics or correct them that piracy isn't the same crime as theft that that automatically means you believe a certain way on other things.
Ok, that's what I was trying to figure out - your concern regarding the use of the word "theft" is purely based on semantics, rather than the case being discussed. I understand that, as I sometimes do exactly the same. However, I've also learned (the hard way - was nearly disinherited for it (ok, I'm really stubborn as well; which didn't really help any)) that only a few people are willing and/or able to see that as a separate issue (not "theft" especially but semantics/correctness in general), and that it usually creates a lot more confusion and bad temper than the original incorrect use of a term/phrase/whatever.
On that note, I'm pretty sure I've seen you talking about pirates spoofing their IPs. That's completely wrong - they can't =P They can hide, but spoofing their IP would only make sense if they were trying to frame someone for downloading (or as part of a DDoS attack). That is, unless they've hacked into an ISP's system, in which case I wouldn't have bothered with spoofing (so many other interesting possibilities).
