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Malaysia Says Piracy (Might Be) OK for Learning
mkbz writes "a Malaysian newspaper published a story quoting Malaysia's Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, who condemned the use of pirated software for business, but also said they may turn a blind eye to piracy when it comes to education: "But for educational purposes and to encourage computer usage, we may consider allowing schools and social organisations to use pirated software." is learning more important than copyright enforcement? could each of the pirated works found in schools be written off as donations? how can this benefit both the people AND the software makers? Read the full article here."
So read a fucking 20 dollar sams teach yourself photoshop or go to the Computer lab and learn. Stupid cheap gooks take all our aid and now they want to pirate shit. Bad enough they pirate movies. G O O K S ARGHGHGHHGHG
umm.. no, actually, it isn't stealing.. it's merely copyright infringement. whole 'nother matter entirely. in other news, "intellectual property" isn't actually property unless an idea can belong only to one person in the world (or licensees) at a time. it's an artificial construction, mate. think you should educate yourself, first, then enlighten these retards.
Don't be stupid. That is a horrible comparison. In your hypothesis; the company has lost something physical and knows it has been stolen-- thus at least inducing a feeling of loss. In our scenario, nobody feels a thing. They simply benefit in the future. Good deal.
Do the rest of us a favour, and stay in the "USA". Please.
bull fucking shit. pirating software and music isn't the same as drawing a picture of a car or playing a song you heard on the radio. a picture of a car is a shitty reproduction of a car...not like you can drive it. your rendition of a song you heard on the radio is a shitty reproduction too...nobody wants to hear you. what you're doing is making an exact copy of the song or software...thereby depriving the authors of their compensation. get it right you fucking thief.
From the US copyright laws?
Well, only if you believe in national sovergnty for other nations. Duh.
The hordes of rabid retards willing to take dubious bought-and-paid-for laws as some sort of biblical commandment is literally unbelievable.