Here on the Linux blogs, it’s a pretty safe bet that any discussion on the topic of copyright is going to be a heated one. Few, however, reach the heights of conflagration seen in the one that’s currently creating billowing black clouds of smoke high above the blogosphere’s main downtown. “Copying is stealing” was the title of an editor’s note by Carla Schroder on Linux Today earlier this month, and it’s sparked a firestorm of controversy the likes of which are not often seen.