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Equating “fair use” of a website to pirating software is a stretch. In the first case the method of access is at issue (not whether you can or not). In the seco
by jeremy_wiebe 9y ago
Equating “fair use” of a website to pirating software is a stretch. In the first case the method of access is at issue (not whether you can or not). In the second the company has not given you any _legal_ right to access.
I don’t see how affordability (or lack of it) is justification to the game.
- pwaai 9y agoStealing would mean the loss of property, but there are infinite copies of the digital good. Users for the most part do not read EULA agreements or Terms of Service of a website, the expectation is on the software company's side, it's not a a crime unless there is proof of damage (selling it for profit) from either copying that floppy disk or scraping a public website so hard you interfere with their operations. So basically if you are poor, you deserve not to gain from the same things rich people can, even when no loss of property or damage occurs by having someone who can't afford it in the first place be your loyal fan. This doesn't apply in cases where there is explicit loss of property and damage that occurs as a result. Mozart also got his ass arrested because he transcribed music he liked onto a medium which he was not authorized to do so. But we all know how ridiculous that was.
- davchana 9y ago> Mozart... I am interested, and I googled Mozart arrested, Mozart arrested for Copyright, Mozart arrested for Music, but couldn't find anything, could you please post a link/story about Mozart getting arrested?
- taserian 9y agohttp://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/01/time-mozart-pirated-music-1700s/ http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/01/time-mozart-...