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It's not that if you are a company you can download a car

vincnetas 5y ago
If you don't know what "downloading a car" is referring to : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU
- lnxg33k1 5y ago
  Ah it was steal a car, what a pity :D
- deleted 5y ago
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- iso1210 5y ago
  Of course I know what it is, because I took my perfectly legal DVD of a film that I spent money on a few years ago and popped it in my player, and it forced me to watch it. I then went onto piratebay to get a copy of the film without it. It's ridiculous showing such an advert to people who have already given you money, I have no idea what was going through their heads. (It's been many years since I bought a DVD. I stopped buying family guy seasons because of that type of behaviour. Yes I could rip the dvd and remove it, but then that's illegal, so I may as well go the whole hog.
  - lnxg33k1 5y ago
    Don't forget that in the current society you're guilty until proven innocent
- riffraff 5y ago
  I prefer the one from "The IT Crowd": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg
  - lnxg33k1 5y ago
    I never seen it, but I prefer it too now :D
toyg 5y ago
The actual case is a bit less black & white. What happened was that two developers left a company and then effectively forked and repackaged the GPL software they had worked on at the previous outfit - and sold it also as GPL. The original company sued them for failing to mention that it was a derivative work of their original code, as the GPL would require. It's a bittersweet ruling: yes, GPL terms were found enforceable in Italy, but in practice the little guys got shafted over a technicality (and arguably against the original spirit of the license).
- chmod775 5y ago
  > but in practice the little guys got shafted over a technicality To me it looks like two software developers struck out on their own and got sued by the remaining 2-4 people - not exactly a David vs. Goliath situation. The vast majority of companies have less than 10 people. Just because those formed a company does not mean they are Google.

If you don't know what "downloading a car" is referring to : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU

lnxg33k1 5y ago
Ah it was steal a car, what a pity :D
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iso1210 5y ago
Of course I know what it is, because I took my perfectly legal DVD of a film that I spent money on a few years ago and popped it in my player, and it forced me to watch it. I then went onto piratebay to get a copy of the film without it. It's ridiculous showing such an advert to people who have already given you money, I have no idea what was going through their heads. (It's been many years since I bought a DVD. I stopped buying family guy seasons because of that type of behaviour. Yes I could rip the dvd and remove it, but then that's illegal, so I may as well go the whole hog.
- lnxg33k1 5y ago
  Don't forget that in the current society you're guilty until proven innocent
riffraff 5y ago
I prefer the one from "The IT Crowd": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg
- lnxg33k1 5y ago
  I never seen it, but I prefer it too now :D

toyg 5y ago

The actual case is a bit less black & white. What happened was that two developers left a company and then effectively forked and repackaged the GPL software they had worked on at the previous outfit - and sold it also as GPL. The original company sued them for failing to mention that it was a derivative work of their original code, as the GPL would require. It's a bittersweet ruling: yes, GPL terms were found enforceable in Italy, but in practice the little guys got shafted over a technicality (and arguably against the original spirit of the license).

chmod775 5y ago
> but in practice the little guys got shafted over a technicality To me it looks like two software developers struck out on their own and got sued by the remaining 2-4 people - not exactly a David vs. Goliath situation. The vast majority of companies have less than 10 people. Just because those formed a company does not mean they are Google.