* What's bad is when somebody's copyrights are disregarded, by, say, removal of copyright notices, etc. That's bad, bad, bad, should be punished, etc. *

I don't think any of this would be an issue at all if this hadn't happened.

In cases where copyright notices are intact, it should also be dead simple for you to see if something is copied from the work of the person who is complaining or not.

So now we all agree that ripping off others' work while removing their names, comments and copyright see more notices is BAD, BAD, BAD, should be punished, etc. Let's frame that on the office wall and smile.