[sizzlin]

Hey all,

So I have a question for you all. I have a younger cousin who goes to university in CA. He found a fairly new iBook sitting on the curb on the last day of school. It was also move out day. My question for you all is...does this make him a theif? When he told me about it, he said he might want to try and sell it, but I encouraged him to try and find the owner. He then replied, its finders keepers, and I need the money.

I didn't know how to answer that question, and I asked myself if I would do the same thing in his shoes. I determined that I would probably think the same way as he did.

But does finding something automatically make you a theif? He said that it was just sitting there without any of the owner's other belongings. If this is true, I think he shouldn't be classified as a theif. But I guess there isn't a right answer in this case...whats your opinons?

[production_coordinator]

He should make a good faith effort to find the owner. If you take something that isn't yours, you are stealing. Is the guy that lost it an idiot, yes... but it's NOT ok (or legal) for him to sell it without making that good faith effort to find the owner.

I'm guessing his personal information is all over that computer. Why not make someone's day and just give it back.

[His Dudeness]

Give it away. Macs suck!!! You can't play games on it, you can't surf the net on it, and you can't even run Office on it!!! Macs suck and Mac users are arrogant pricks.

[iranfromthezoo]

Yes it's illegal even if he just found it on side of the street or it was in the classroom. He can quickly call Apple and they can tell him who the owner is or he can look through the personal documents....think if someone stole your laptop...i think I would be pissed but I would like it if I left it somewhere (stupid I know) and they returned it...I think I would give them like $500 just for returning it...but I'm just a pee on here and thats just my 2 cents