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MPAA Violates Another Software License
Patrick
Robib, a blogger who wrote his own blogging engine called Forest Blog recently noticed that none other than the MPAA was using his work, and had completely violated his linkware license by removing all links back to the Forest Blog site, not crediting him in any way. The MPAA blog was using the Forest Blog software, but had completely stripped off his name, and links back to his site. He only found about it accidentally when he happened to visit the MPAA site.
Wouldn't it be nice to send the friendly folks from the BSA to do a complete software audit of the MPAA?
Maybe an auditing circle-jerk could be set up: the BSA investigates the MPAA, who investigates the RIAA, who invesigates the BSA, etc. ad nauseum, and they could just leave the rest of us alone.
"Maybe an auditing circle-jerk could be set up:..."
Their circle is already a bunch of jerks.
I didn't desert Windows; Windows deserted me: BSOD
Here, I suggest contact MPAA about the whole piracy issue and point them to the offending party; themselves.
http://www.mpaa.org/ReportPiracy.asp
Please feel free to let them know about their own transgressions.
No no no. It has nothing to do with the cost of the albu^H^H^H^Hsoftware. You see, since they didn't pay initially, they should have had a link. And if they had placed a link, then there would have been more users of Forest Blog, and thus they are liable for each user who did not use Forest Blog because they were missing the link. Therefore their liability should be $97 times everyone who has visited mpaa.org, and thus was a lost customer, plus punitive damages of $150,000 per page that should have had a link.
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