Are there any bars in your area where they don't store the fact that you've entered a bar every Friday night in a database? I'm from the Midwest, where I'll grant we're a little backwards, but haven't encountered this. And if that becomes the only way to get a drink out, I guess I'll have to drink at home, because it ain't happenin'.
Sure--the government's entitled to monitor the progress of students attending on the taxpayer's dime. But the government has no right to track students paying their own way.
What right does the government have to track those who are paying their own way? And before we talk about "subsidized" state universities, this would apply to privates like Harvard and MIT, as well. Of course, they are probably the ones who will save us from it, when it's pointed out that a congressman's son or daughter will end up in this database despite being able to pay the full $40k/yr cost of attendance without federal aid.
Whether a EULA is indeed an enforcable contract is still up in the air, with rulings having gone both ways (Softman and Bnetd cases). Even if it is a contract, though, it's a contract imposed after the sale, and a contract of adhesion. I doubt they'll have much luck obtaining a judgement from someone who resells the program, or against the buyer who cracks it so he can use his legal purchase.
They don't have the right to forbid such a sale--the First Sale Doctrine of copyright law means that a seller loses control of an item once it's sold. And if they want to claim it's a license, not a sale, then they'd best quit selling boxes and using the word "buy" in their advertising.
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I don't need sources--it's a generally accepted fact that *BSD is dying. You know, it doesn't take a Kreskin and all that. The burden of proof is on those challenging known fact--that would be you.
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Just stay away from Dvorak keyboards!
Mall security demanding ID? Must be some big guys, because it sounds like they're trawling for an ass-whooping.
Are there any bars in your area where they don't store the fact that you've entered a bar every Friday night in a database? I'm from the Midwest, where I'll grant we're a little backwards, but haven't encountered this. And if that becomes the only way to get a drink out, I guess I'll have to drink at home, because it ain't happenin'.
. . . until it becomes profitable to take everyone's contributions, close it up, and start charging money. Sort of what Gracenote did with CDDB.
I win! YL HAND. There! Didn't know that's all there was to winning until you just showed me. Thanks!
You're confusing your programming terms with your rhetorical terms. It's quite possible to compare without having two operators around an "OR."
pwned.
Yeah, because it's accurate to compare petty intellectual "property" "crimes" with those that kill and maim people. Way to go.
Faggot.
Maybe they'll work on hate crimes next, bigot. Then you can see what a faggot looks like on the inside.
Thank goodness they've caught bin Laden and have time to pursue intellectual "property" offenses now.
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Sure--the government's entitled to monitor the progress of students attending on the taxpayer's dime. But the government has no right to track students paying their own way.
What right does the government have to track those who are paying their own way? And before we talk about "subsidized" state universities, this would apply to privates like Harvard and MIT, as well. Of course, they are probably the ones who will save us from it, when it's pointed out that a congressman's son or daughter will end up in this database despite being able to pay the full $40k/yr cost of attendance without federal aid.
Why your post is languishing at zero, I don't know. Someone who still gets mod points should mod this up, instead of wasting them on your freaks :).
Well put--thank you for making a cogent argument against the new rights that publishers are attempting to assert.
Whether a EULA is indeed an enforcable contract is still up in the air, with rulings having gone both ways (Softman and Bnetd cases). Even if it is a contract, though, it's a contract imposed after the sale, and a contract of adhesion. I doubt they'll have much luck obtaining a judgement from someone who resells the program, or against the buyer who cracks it so he can use his legal purchase.
They don't have the right to forbid such a sale--the First Sale Doctrine of copyright law means that a seller loses control of an item once it's sold. And if they want to claim it's a license, not a sale, then they'd best quit selling boxes and using the word "buy" in their advertising.
So in other words, this activation/CD key stuff is just an end run around the doctrine of first sale.
And I see they've passed on the savings from the "lost revenue." Oh, wait, no they haven't.
Ownership of the game doesn't give you the right to download another copy from an unauthorized source.
Would you like some FUD with those tips?
You forgot BSD on your list :).
I don't need sources--it's a generally accepted fact that *BSD is dying. You know, it doesn't take a Kreskin and all that. The burden of proof is on those challenging known fact--that would be you.
How about you back yours up? You're the one making the claim that *BSD's market share is increasing, and haven't produced any reputable evidence.