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Does this mean anyone who breaks an EULA should go to prison because they are stealing? I'm guessing that would mean you, and most of America, would belong in p

Does this mean anyone who breaks an EULA should go to prison because they are stealing? I'm guessing that would mean you, and most of America, would belong in prison.

tptacek 13y ago
I have no idea how you got from what I said to EULAs.
- briantakita 13y ago
  If you don't comply with EULA's, you are "breaking the law" and "stealing" from the software companies. What you said is similar to the MPAA commercials. It even has your stolen television analogy in it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU I hope you only watched entertainment that you paid for. Otherwise you broke the law.
  - tptacek 13y ago
    This is extremely silly. You might just as productively discuss whether I think jaywalkers should get life sentences.
    - briantakita 13y ago
      That's an important question of power in our society. How much control does the state and corporations have over people? The harsher the penalties are for trivial things, like copying data, the more of a stranglehold corporations & the state have over people. IMO, copying data is a copyright issue, not a criminal matter. Freedom should not be taken away. In recent history, there have been a flood of laws that take away freedom from the American people to enforce corporate "property". If you open your eyes, you can see the direction that this leads. To take your jaywalking example further, if jaywalking involves life sentences, it gives the police the option to selectively enforce the rules. Most people have jaywalked in their lifetime. The police & criminal justice system can arrest & prosecute people they don't like & leave the people they do like alone. The RIAA tried to make downloading movies a criminal matter. They lobbied hard. It was only the vigilance of the world's citizens that prevented mass arrests. We see this happening with the war on drugs. The war on drugs is used to oppress African Americans and for the profit of the prison & police industrial complex. Companies that build & operate prisons make a lot of money from taxpayers because there are a lot of prisoners for things that should not be crimes. The war on drugs was never about the health & safety of Americans. That is just slick marketing.

Does this mean anyone who breaks an EULA should go to prison because they are stealing? I'm guessing that would mean you, and most of America, would belong in prison.

tptacek 13y ago

I have no idea how you got from what I said to EULAs.

briantakita 13y ago
If you don't comply with EULA's, you are "breaking the law" and "stealing" from the software companies. What you said is similar to the MPAA commercials. It even has your stolen television analogy in it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU I hope you only watched entertainment that you paid for. Otherwise you broke the law.
- tptacek 13y ago
  This is extremely silly. You might just as productively discuss whether I think jaywalkers should get life sentences.
  - briantakita 13y ago
    That's an important question of power in our society. How much control does the state and corporations have over people? The harsher the penalties are for trivial things, like copying data, the more of a stranglehold corporations & the state have over people. IMO, copying data is a copyright issue, not a criminal matter. Freedom should not be taken away. In recent history, there have been a flood of laws that take away freedom from the American people to enforce corporate "property". If you open your eyes, you can see the direction that this leads. To take your jaywalking example further, if jaywalking involves life sentences, it gives the police the option to selectively enforce the rules. Most people have jaywalked in their lifetime. The police & criminal justice system can arrest & prosecute people they don't like & leave the people they do like alone. The RIAA tried to make downloading movies a criminal matter. They lobbied hard. It was only the vigilance of the world's citizens that prevented mass arrests. We see this happening with the war on drugs. The war on drugs is used to oppress African Americans and for the profit of the prison & police industrial complex. Companies that build & operate prisons make a lot of money from taxpayers because there are a lot of prisoners for things that should not be crimes. The war on drugs was never about the health & safety of Americans. That is just slick marketing.