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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. Pre-columbus rotations. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did anyone prior to the 1400s stand outside for a few days and watch the sun and stars rotate around the earth at a constant velocity? How could no person prior to the 1400s observe this rotation of both the sun and stars around the earth, and not conclude that the earth is rotating in place, (and/or spherical) and also determine the approximate size of the earth from the velocity of rotation?

  2. Irnorance is no defense? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tell that to G.W. Bush when he was lying about weapons of mass destruction