[LINK] Theft, copyright, larceny...

[Adam Todd]

At 12:54 PM 27/06/2007, Rick Welykochy wrote:
>Craig Sanders wrote:
>
>>>I, for one, will continue to use "theft" and "piracy" when writing for
>>>public consumption,
>>one can only hope, then, that you defame someone who gets annoyed 
>>enough about
>>it to sue you for it.  maybe then you'll learn to be more precise in your use
>>of language, *especially* when writing for public consumption.
>
>Let's say Joe Bloggs is found guilty of software copyright infringement.
>Then Stewart reports that Bloggs has been convicted of software piracy.
>Can Bloggs reasonably sue for defamation or libel?
>
>p.s. IMHO, the answer is no.

Rick you are correct.  The answer is No, because the facts are 
founded.  However if Stewie says it before Judgement, then Bloggs can sued :)

If Stewie says that Bloggs stole copyright software, then Stewie can 
be sued, because Bloggs did not steal.