>There is a plain enough distinction between the examples oyu gave, and Ed's position on Piracy. Yours are all examples of victimless crimes. Software piracy is theft, plain and simple. There is a victim- the author of the software.

Eric,

Don't know if I would trivialize any crime but I can honestly say I don't disagree with Ed's position on software piracy. Just the tone in which he
was replying to Walter and his black/white reasoning for doing so.