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Funny thing how this obviously flawed analysis has popped up at the same time as the Trumpet Winsock piracy story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2282875 h
by blub 16y ago
Funny thing how this obviously flawed analysis has popped up at the same time as the Trumpet Winsock piracy story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2282875 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2282875.
Small developers can get badly hurt by piracy.
- Deestan 16y agoThe Trumpet Winsock story had to do with commercial actors "stealing" software and mass-redistributing it for profit. This story has to do with people "stealing" software for their own private use without paying. Given the existing level of confusion in all piracy discussions, I believe it is counterproductive to lump these two scenarios together.
- blub 16y agoDo I make more money if a person as opposed to a commercial actor uses my software without paying?
- benologist 16y ago"commercial actors "stealing" software and mass-redistributing it for profit." So basically exactly the same as torrent sites?
- TheSOB88 16y agoTorrent sites don't have a financial incentive to get you to take the product, do they?
- benologist 16y agoOther than the millions/billions of ad impressions every month they show along the way? No.