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.

Comments

Re:Oh, the sweet paradox for Slashdot.

[Anonymous Coward]

No is is trying to "have it both ways", dickhead. No one gives a crap that this guy's blog software is being used "illegally". All that matters is that it exposes more hypocrisy from the MPAA.

Did I miss the memo?

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought it was okay to violate licenses because information wants to be free, and copyright stifles innovation, and the author probably isn't starving anyway?

Re:Civil (not criminal)

[Anonymous Coward]

thats what he is saying will happen, fucktard

Re:Not the first time

[Overly Critical Guy]

Who cares, right? You guys argue that copyright is dead and that copyright infringement is perfectly all right. So how is it wrong for the MPAA to "violate a software license?" According to you guys, pirating is okay.

Re:How hard is it to check the license?

[Overly Critical Guy]

If I steal an object - you no longer have the object.

There's nothing in the definition that declares that the owner no longer has the object. Stealing is simply when you take something that doesn't belong to you. You can take copyrighted materials.

Piracy IS theft.

How many people out there are buying NOYTHING and only aquiring music via copying. Very few I would imagine.

Well, that settles it! kevinbr of Slashdot imagines very few. That justifies piracy and making sure artists don't get paid today.