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Grannies and Pirated Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-dearie-me dept.

dthomas731 writes, "After reading Ed Foster's blog about how the Embroidery Software Protection Coalition (ESPC) is suing grandmothers over using pirated digitized designs, I thought you might want to call your own grandmothers and tell them they are going to be needing a lawyer. And the ESPC is very serious. On the ESPC faq page they scare these grandmothers by telling them even if they didn't know the software was pirated, that 'Unfortunately, when it comes to copyright violations, ignorance is no defense.'"

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  1. yep by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the ESPC faq page they scare these grandmothers by telling them even if they didn't know the software was pirated, that 'Unfortunately, when it comes to copyright violations, ignorance is no defense.

    In this day and age, it's also not a barrier to using a computer.

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  2. Re:Fake? by lottameez · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well it's just another example of the disdain that the Bush administration has for Grandmothers. Are you happy now SCO? Darl? you Listening!!??? It doesn't run on Linux, and Micro$oft will just try to steal it for Vista. Google's version is better anyways and runs on my IPod.

    Let me be the first to welcome our Embroidery Coalition Overlords.

    There. That should about cover all the usual /. responses...Nothing for you to see here. Move along.

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  3. You just... by ModernGeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...slashdotted your mother.

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  4. Re:I just checked by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 5, Funny
    I asked my Pirate Granny if she ever bought any patterns on eBay, and she said, "Well, bugger me timbers, matey, I had no idear it were illegal. Harrrrr." and then she swigged some rum that the parrot had crapped in when she wasn't looking, but she didn't notice; Granny really likes her rum. Then she asked "Who be these ESPC folk, and does they cornhole each other like me crew does ta our cabinboy, although he kind of likes it, but let's not go there." I allowed as they probably did, and they were definitely a scurvy lot.

    Then she went back to embroidering a skull and crossbones flag for her ship, which is a trimaster named "The RIAA Sucks Ass Too" that sails the Caribbean looking for patterns and CDs to steal, and Disney videos to copy.

    Granny may be an old boozy bag, but she's all right. But the ESPC sure isn't. Leave old women alone, you bastards.