I'm sure that Microsoft, Apple, IBM.HP, etc. etc. would disagree with you. As would any reasonable person who understands markets and intellectual property rights.
If you wrote a book and someone bought it. And then if they had some machine that would duplicate the book and they just gave it away, you'd be OK with that?
Al those people just got YOUR book for free and you received no income for it.
It's no different copying a CD, just a bit harder without the magic machine
If you are selling a book,CD, DVD, etc. and someone buys one, then copies it and gives it to their friend, then they both are stealing from you, are they not?
If I remember correctly, in many states, illegal possession of lock picks is generally prosecuted as a felony under the category of possession of burglary tools or similar statutes.
How is this not anything but a lock pick for DVDs?
So, all those crappy copies of DVDs coming from China will NOT become perfect copies, because the Chinese pirates will obviously only use this technology to create excerpts and backups.
It's no different than management or its agents showing up at the same theater you do or restaurant with the intent on listening to your conversations. Or maybe crashing a neighborhood party and asking your neighbors about you.
Humans are warming the world so we must stop it. To stop it, we must control their actions, which requires more government control. The actions they want to control involve what cars you can drive, the size and location of homes you can live in, etc, etc, (Really, no one needs examples how the enviro-whackos want to control our lives...want to have a BBQ in CA? Good Luck.).
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I'm sure that Microsoft, Apple, IBM.HP, etc. etc. would disagree with you. As would any reasonable person who understands markets and intellectual property rights.
Just so I'm clear on this.
If you wrote a book and someone bought it. And then if they had some machine that would duplicate the book and they just gave it away, you'd be OK with that?
Al those people just got YOUR book for free and you received no income for it.
It's no different copying a CD, just a bit harder without the magic machine
The recording on the CD (is) YOUR intellectual property.
No.
Let's say YOU record a song.
You make 100 CDs and sell them for $5 each.
Someone buys that CD and then copies it 99 times and gives them to 99 friends.
YOU are out all that money. The recording on the CD YOUR intellectual property.
The second person should have bought it from me. That's revenue lost to me.
If you are selling a book,CD, DVD, etc. and someone buys one, then copies it and gives it to their friend, then they both are stealing from you, are they not?
You'll have to talk to the state legislature about that I guess.
Well, who am I to argue with a stupid cartoon on youtube?
In some states, in others, the mere possession without an obvious reason to have them such as being a licensed and bonded locksmith, is a felony.
And in a large number of states, you will go to jail for it.
Yeah, Bonded and authorized.
If I remember correctly, in many states, illegal possession of lock picks is generally prosecuted as a felony under the category of possession of burglary tools or similar statutes.
How is this not anything but a lock pick for DVDs?
So, all those crappy copies of DVDs coming from China will NOT become perfect copies, because the Chinese pirates will obviously only use this technology to create excerpts and backups.
A DVD is a tangible good, no different than a book.
Because it's always good to make it easier to break the law and steal movies.
What other for profit industries can we attack? Maybe someone could come up with a universal electronic key so you can drive any car you want.
Because if you can't find free porn on the internet, you're an idiot and have no business running the government.
OK, bad analogy. I'll just go back to my original statement.
It may be legal, but is creepy.
Do you expect the waiter or theater owner to stand there by your table or sit next to you, listening?
It's no different than management or its agents showing up at the same theater you do or restaurant with the intent on listening to your conversations. Or maybe crashing a neighborhood party and asking your neighbors about you.
Then you can fucking buy us all the new light bulbs.
No wonder. No other court is filled with more ignorant and corrupt judges.
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-12/local/me-2017_1_barbecue-lighter-fluid-clean-air-pollution
While lighter fluid is not a ban on BBQs...just wait.
It will get warmer.
Then, it will get colder.
Repeat.
My Theory is infallible.
It's very simple actually.
Humans are warming the world so we must stop it. To stop it, we must control their actions, which requires more government control. The actions they want to control involve what cars you can drive, the size and location of homes you can live in, etc, etc, (Really, no one needs examples how the enviro-whackos want to control our lives...want to have a BBQ in CA? Good Luck.).
Here we are having fun and you have to go throw your superior hardware in our face.
I bet you're real fun at parties.
Call me when I can pick it up at Home Depot.