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Originally Posted by sgtdmski  What about my case??? Someone took my work and tried to pass it off as their own. Because I was notified before it was published and I challenged the individual, he was unable to publish the work in question. Correct me if I am wrong, this individual attempted to steal my work and pass it off as his own, because he was unsuccessful, this it not a crime.
Not if you ask me. This person is a theif, plain and simple.
dmk | I certainly understand how you feel. I'm a creative manager at an advertizing firm and plagiarism is my enemy too. However i would still never feel justified in arresting or punishing a person BEFORE he actually made any profit off my ideas.
The basic principle of justice does not allow humans to judge other humans' INTENTION. They are only qualified to judge and pass sentence on acts already committed. What this man did may be termed an offence from the point that he tried to sell the pictures and make a profit. But that is a clear case of piracy as he had already acquired the pictures and made a verifiable attempt to profit from it. I am surprised that he can't be charged with that under existing legislation.
However that is a far cry from arresting and sentencing people because the authorities THINK he MIGHT profit from it.. even though he may not have made any actual moves towards such a thing yet. Love for all, Hatred for none |