Because the DMCA specifically prohibits what this person was doing, therefore it is a crime. I know that the defenders of "free entertainment" aren't exactly known for their brilliant abilities at deduction, but this is pretty simple. He broke a law. Directly.
This article is more about the prosecution fumbling on technicalities. He committed illegal acts, and he will face trial for those acts.
Sure, there are legitimate uses, but there are many alternatives to satisfy those legitimate uses. Microsoft is under no obligation to supply you with everything you want on your terms, regardless of the reasons why you believe they "should."
But he's right. Modding a console is primarily motivated by a desire to play pirated games, so "almost exclusively" is correct. You are free to pretend otherwise but some of us don't feel that need.
Google can't really solve the problem of shifty retailers or stupid customers. Both are as old as commerce, and both will persist until we all live in utopia.
The "technical people" population hasn't driven Google's user base since about 6 months after their inception.
I still normally find what I need on the first page of results in any case, so without knowing what you're looking for... I couldn't say you're doing anything more than typical nerdbitching because they're popular.
Welcome to the Slashdot echo chamber, where a few thousand like-minded nerds have somehow convinced themselves that the world actually cares what they think.
If you want the same business with more puns and fewer concessions to reality, there's also Reddit.
Yeah, basically. The hard work is in making something that didn't exist before, not copying something after someone else spent time, money, and other resources creating it.
I was pretty clear where the dishonesty was. I didn't address any ideas of fairness, and in truth, I don't agree with yours, but that was not related to what I said in any case.
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Entertainment wants to be free!
Oh no, the hacking community... Behold the power of snide slogans and questionable hygiene.
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/7043931/detail.html
So I guess move to Virginia.
Because the DMCA specifically prohibits what this person was doing, therefore it is a crime. I know that the defenders of "free entertainment" aren't exactly known for their brilliant abilities at deduction, but this is pretty simple. He broke a law. Directly.
This article is more about the prosecution fumbling on technicalities. He committed illegal acts, and he will face trial for those acts.
You fail to understand how significantly technology costs drop over time.
That's why he said "almost exclusively."
Sure, there are legitimate uses, but there are many alternatives to satisfy those legitimate uses. Microsoft is under no obligation to supply you with everything you want on your terms, regardless of the reasons why you believe they "should."
But he's right. Modding a console is primarily motivated by a desire to play pirated games, so "almost exclusively" is correct. You are free to pretend otherwise but some of us don't feel that need.
Google can't really solve the problem of shifty retailers or stupid customers. Both are as old as commerce, and both will persist until we all live in utopia.
The "technical people" population hasn't driven Google's user base since about 6 months after their inception.
I still normally find what I need on the first page of results in any case, so without knowing what you're looking for... I couldn't say you're doing anything more than typical nerdbitching because they're popular.
He talked. You can't break the law (and make no mistake, he very plainly broke the law) then talk about it and expect to come away clean.
Because I can. Why are you anonymous?
I guess some sort of mom joke would be the maturity-level appropriate reply, but I'm too tired to make one.
Because I was up all night boning your sister.
Your "evidence" is a bare assertion. Can you do any better that attempting to tell us your opinion is a fact?
Why is sex in that list? Or more to the point, what's wrong with sex?
Congratulations, in a decade plus of horrible car analogies, you just took the award for worst in Slashdot history.
That's not a point the general Slashdot population is going to recognize all that easily...
Welcome to the Slashdot echo chamber, where a few thousand like-minded nerds have somehow convinced themselves that the world actually cares what they think.
If you want the same business with more puns and fewer concessions to reality, there's also Reddit.
You mean they arrange to use their resources in the most efficient manner possible? The shame! The horror!
You feel the acceleration caused by gravity. You can the same effect in a different direction by accelerating in a car.
*applauds*
Dude, start taking your meds again. You're losing it.
Hopefully this inspires you to start stalking me again :D
That pesky Constitution keeps getting in the way of the paranoia nerds worst nightmares.
Yeah, basically. The hard work is in making something that didn't exist before, not copying something after someone else spent time, money, and other resources creating it.
I was pretty clear where the dishonesty was. I didn't address any ideas of fairness, and in truth, I don't agree with yours, but that was not related to what I said in any case.
You are correct and I apologize. I conflated several different posts throughout this story and had no reason for that reply to you.
Sorry.