Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.'"

2 of 280 comments (clear)

  1. Re:not quite correct. by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You didn't copy the book, so you didn't violate the copyright. The company you bought it from is guilty/liable, not you. Similarly, these grannies didn't copy the CDs they bought, so I don't see how they violated anyone's copyright.

    This is a different situation than the familiar RIAA vs filesharers. The RIAA is suing the publishers of the files. And even downloaders can be argued to be "making a copy", of the data from their network connection eventually to their HD.

    --

    --
    make install -not war

  2. Re:hmmmm, a way to make money? by schon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Paying of the artists

    What makes you think that any of the RIAA money goes to the artists?

    It goes to pay the record labels, who don't give one red cent to the artists (after all, it's not in their contracts.)