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MANY people do essentially the same thing all the time. They call it torrenting... Rather than say "well, I just failed to pay money I don't have" you can just
by alexhayes 10y ago
MANY people do essentially the same thing all the time. They call it torrenting...
Rather than say "well, I just failed to pay money I don't have" you can just say "oh no, it's cool, I'm just downloading it"
- coderdude 10y agoYour error was to go against the 'gimme free stoofs' people. They outnumber us 1 million to 1.
- icebraining 10y agoThe only people here arguing for "free stuff" are those defending the Crytek execs, who got a bunch of free labor.
- coderdude 10y agoIf it comes to pass that Crytek cannot, and knowingly could not, pay them then that's when to bandwagon. Not before it's known. That's how it plays out on HN. Guilty before proven innocent. If you believed everything you read here the world would be a very alien place.
- icebraining 10y agocperciva wrote "a company failing to pay money it doesn't have is not the same thing as stealing", and you wrote he was factually correct. How do you know if he's factually correct, if, as you admit, it's still not known if they knowingly stiffed the workers? You're the one jumping to conclusions. All I said is that they got a bunch of free labour, which is true regardless of whether they knowingly did so or not.
- Dylan16807 10y agoTorrenting is relevant if you copy someone's labor. Or otherwise receive value from their preexisting actions without them expending additional effort. The issue at hand is making a contract for something/labor, using it up, and not paying. It's a totally different topic.