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What you may be missing is that values must be taught. And not everyone gets that tutelage. The values may be universal, but the opportunity to learn them is l

What you may be missing is that values must be taught. And not everyone gets that tutelage. The values may be universal, but the opportunity to learn them is less so.

jerrya 14y ago
Hey, I don't know you at all, and I'm truly only pulling your chain, and maybe I am missing your natural humor but shortly before you write of the privilege of values, and how you knew Anthony was wrong in thieving candy, you were using "a pirated copy of Photoshop".
- danilocampos 14y ago
  I had no one to teach me the values of intellectual property. :) But I think we can agree that while I harmed Adobe not at all through my transgression (they have been more than paid back in licenses bought since), that store lost real money.
  - rz2k 14y ago
    Though it would be a real challenge to quantify, I bet that Adobe ultimately made more money in the end out of the arrangement than if you had simply foregone learning the software, using those skills with legitimately purchased tools later, and indirectly through contributions to the wider industry. However, that just means that in this case where the alternative was no use Adobe wasn't hurt by pirating. However, in another situation when the alternative to pirating is the sale of software, the loss isn't any less real than the loss to the candy store of not selling candy because it was stolen. -- On another topic, do you believe that there would be significantly more opportunity in Puerto Rico with statehood?
    - danilocampos 14y ago
      In Adobe's case, they lost no bytes by my gaining them. The candy store lost inventory that they had to replace. I'm honestly not qualified to give an answer re: statehood. I'm so removed from the politics of Puerto Rico, I don't even know what levers matter there. My hunch is that the issues run deeper, though.
- mixmastamyk 14y ago
  Copyright infringement is not stealing, it is copyright infringement.

What you may be missing is that values must be taught. And not everyone gets that tutelage. The values may be universal, but the opportunity to learn them is less so.

jerrya 14y ago

Hey, I don't know you at all, and I'm truly only pulling your chain, and maybe I am missing your natural humor but shortly before you write of the privilege of values, and how you knew Anthony was wrong in thieving candy, you were using "a pirated copy of Photoshop".

danilocampos 14y ago
I had no one to teach me the values of intellectual property. :) But I think we can agree that while I harmed Adobe not at all through my transgression (they have been more than paid back in licenses bought since), that store lost real money.
- rz2k 14y ago
  Though it would be a real challenge to quantify, I bet that Adobe ultimately made more money in the end out of the arrangement than if you had simply foregone learning the software, using those skills with legitimately purchased tools later, and indirectly through contributions to the wider industry. However, that just means that in this case where the alternative was no use Adobe wasn't hurt by pirating. However, in another situation when the alternative to pirating is the sale of software, the loss isn't any less real than the loss to the candy store of not selling candy because it was stolen. -- On another topic, do you believe that there would be significantly more opportunity in Puerto Rico with statehood?
  - danilocampos 14y ago
    In Adobe's case, they lost no bytes by my gaining them. The candy store lost inventory that they had to replace. I'm honestly not qualified to give an answer re: statehood. I'm so removed from the politics of Puerto Rico, I don't even know what levers matter there. My hunch is that the issues run deeper, though.
mixmastamyk 14y ago
Copyright infringement is not stealing, it is copyright infringement.