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And they wonder why people pirate.
by zschallz 14y ago
And they wonder why people pirate.
- dchichkov 14y agoYeah. Pirating is almost an ethical choice in these cases :) Unfortunately pirated packages are often filled with malware. Not exactly what you want. So a much better choice is just going with open source. Picasa, instead of iPhoto, etc...
- runn1ng 14y agoI am not sure if pirating something you bought is actually technically illegal or not. You are not buying the disk with the data, you are buying a license to run the software. Even when you pirate it, the license should still apply.
- icebraining 14y agoThe copying (distribution) is still illegal, and you're probably guilty of "conspiracy" to do it.
- runn1ng 14y agoIs copying it to your own disk a distribution? I understand than with P2P networks, you are distributing the file while downloading and that's when they get upset.
- icebraining 14y agoI think more than one media companies actually tried to pass the "copy from disk to memory" as requiring a license. I'm not sure how the law views it. Re: downloading, the EFF's Fred von Lohmann says it's probably infringement[1], and so do the media companies, of course. [1]: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/p2p-downloading-is-it-legal/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/p2p-downloading-i...
- Ntrails 14y agoIt is much like torrenting a movie you already own the DvD for, because it is easier than ripping your entire collection one by one. Ethically I think it is obvious such a thing would be completely reasonable. Technically almost certainly not.