Last time I checked...the air waves are PUBLIC. You can't steal that which is free. Canadian Broadcast law is kinda like the GPL. This is like taking the Apache Source code and putting it on your ftp server. We don't call this theft we call it mirroring. Also, here, in Canada, the cable companies get many of their signals this way and don't pay the broadcasters a cent. Usually they only buy broadcasts from Cable/Satelite only broadcasters.
"Following Microsofts recent cracking of the Oracle challenge, Microsoft shares rose 15 points and sales of SQL server have tripled. On a side note: 10 of the worlds largest web sites are down today quoting 'database problems' as the reason."
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"as it is they are just signal stealing"
Last time I checked...the air waves are PUBLIC. You can't steal that which is free. Canadian Broadcast law is kinda like the GPL. This is like taking the Apache Source code and putting it on your ftp server. We don't call this theft we call it mirroring. Also, here, in Canada, the cable companies get many of their signals this way and don't pay the broadcasters a cent. Usually they only buy broadcasts from Cable/Satelite only broadcasters.
I comletely agree. I love my MS Natural Keyboard. Great hardware.....especially when you consider that they're a *cough* software company :)
I can hear the headlines now.
"Following Microsofts recent cracking of the Oracle challenge, Microsoft shares rose 15 points and sales of SQL server have tripled. On a side note: 10 of the worlds largest web sites are down today quoting 'database problems' as the reason."