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Would someone kindly up vote me so that I feel welcome to have an opinion here at HN? Thank you.
by pcunite 13y ago
Would someone kindly up vote me so that I feel welcome to have an opinion here at HN? Thank you.
- mkr-hn 13y agoI'll upvote it if you make any effort to explain or defend your position. Right now it's just a somewhat controversial request and a very bold assertion without any support.
- pcunite 13y agoWell, imagine that in a very public place, perhaps at half-time during the Superbowl, an announcement is made on how to get free gas from a local gas station. It destroys sales for that small business. How would you feel as the owner? Would you "wish" for the organizers to do "something" to stop such information? Google, from my vantage point, is the enabler.
- mkr-hn 13y agoOne is a person being an asshole. It's like the person who went and abused that shared Starbucks pre-paid card to prove it could be abused and ruined it for everyone. The other is a company collecting and making available publicly accessible information. These two situations are completely unlike each other. Why do you place the responsibility on Google? Go send a DMCA takedown to the people providing the cracks. The law provides the tools for you to decide how to protect your creations. It's not the responsibility of Google or any other entity to enforce your copyright or decide how to enforce it. You have the power. Use it.