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Posting Publicly Available URL Claimed a "Hack"
Urban Strata writes "Popular mobile phone community HowardForums.com is being hit with take-down notices from MobiTV. At issue is the fact that a HowardForums community member uncovered a publicly accessible URL for MobiTV's television stream. This URL is not encrypted or authenticated in any way, and yet MobiTV sent site owner Howard Chui a cease-and-desist letter for hosting a forum with the public URL, claiming that doing so is equivalent to hacking their service."
No. There is nothing wrong with visiting a publicly available URL. No exceptions.
So, if someone walks into your house while the front door is open and sits on your couch, it must be okay...because you left the front door open. Right?Bearded Dragon
How is it wrong to just visit a completely public URL? If they're losing money it's their fault; you can't just say that verizon losing money is wrong. How is that wrong? We're gaining value. Nothing has been destroyed here. This situation is purely verizon's affiliate being lazy and insecure, and you're just stupid for thinking it's wrong to take advantage of that.
Wow, this just underlines what I was talking about. Listen to yourself. The people on that forum know that they are getting something for free that they shouldn't be. That's called stealing. If they aren't aware that they are stealing because they have become so numb to it, then we have a BIG problem. Either shit or get off the pot folks. If you don't want to have to pay for anything in life, then be an advocate of communism/socialism. If you don't want communism, then you are stuck with capitalism for now.
In 10-40 years when we're in the middle of some major environmental and economic disasters, we will need responsible leaders the most, we will be stuck with a lot of irresponsible and immoral people and the ones who don't lead won't follow because they will be stuck in their world of not supporting anything.
It doesn't fucking matter what the intentions are of the person leaving the sofa.. if you picked up the sofa - REGARDLESS OF WHY IT WAS THERE - that's theft. You obtained something you where not otherwise permitted to have. THATS THE FUCKING THEFT.
Someone leaving their house unlocked - that's not implied consent to enter.
Someone fails to thoroughly password protect a website that obviously should have been - that's not implied consent to log on.
Someone downloads an mp3/avi/whathaveyou without some exchange of payment - that's not implied consent to listen.
IT's all about YOU. What you do. If you get something you shouldn't have, regardless of why or how... that's wrong. JFC I'm so tired of the rationalizing that goes on here all under the guise of protection of freedom.
*rant off*