> Richard Henry wrote:

>> When the "willing seller" makes fraudulent claims about
>> his product, or fails to inform the buyer of defects in
>> his product, or refuses to repair known defects in his
>> product, he is a criminal.

> But not a thief.  Those first two are fraud, not theft,
> and the last isn't even wrong in the case of defects
> the seller didn't know about before the sale -- unless
> the seller offered a warranty or guarantee of some sort.

> A transaction where a willing buyer buys something from
> a willing seller can never be theft.  It can be fraud,
> but not theft.