Wrong. The only thing that can be stolen is a tangible item that passes from the possession of one person to another. And, you cannot assume that "millions" would have bought Yello's CD if that download wasn't made available. That is an ASSUMPTION, not a fact. Yello still possesses those 8 songs. If there was only ONE copy sitting on Boris' desk, and someone took that copy, that would be stealing.

Someone uploaded a copy of the sampler against Yello's will and without permission. That is unfortunate, but it's not stealing, despite whatever you're feeling.

Yello's property wasn't taken. They still have it, unless the person who posted the 8 songs also took all their digital and analog copies, and they are no longer able to create CDs or other media of the 8 songs.
 
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From: Jon Kamm <kammagic@comcast.net>
To: yello@mailman.xmission.com
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 12:40:42 AM
Subject: [Yello] Touch Yello 8-Track Album-Preview (Promo)

Yello is not deprived of anything?
These songs are now available to millions of people for free. Millions of sales that YELLO will never see. Sure YELLO fans will buy the CDs. But there are millions of general music fans who would of otherwise had to buy the album to hear it. Now they can have the tracks for free. Never paying YELLO anything.

I'll simplify it for you. Lets say you come up with one song that you hope to sell to the world. Someone gets a copy of it and posts it on the internet for free. You were hoping to sell millions of copies now you sell 5.

Music can be stolen , Ideas can be stolen, stories can be stolen, formulas can be stolen, recipes can be stolen. I'm not absurd I am simply going by the standard definition of stealing. You take my property without my permission you are stealing. You don't seem to think the standard definition by which we all go by is correct. I find that absurd.
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