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GIMP And OS X
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Since I can't think of any software besides games that is pirated more often than photoshop/illustrator (this is, to cover my ass, from my experiences at University) I think it's fantastic that GIMP is able to run under osX - maybe some of the kids running Photoshop will switch to GIMP for the simple fact that it's a lot easier to get a hold of than Photoshop.
Then again, the release for Windows didn't seem to help that much, so maybe I'm completely wrong:)
While the artists and musicians behind pirated songs certainly are not being adequately compensated for their efforts, it is still an important source of income for them, and it is monumentally disrespectful to copy someone's work without just compensation.
Just because they didn't create a tangible physical object doesn't mean that using their creation without compensation is okay.
I think the analogy stands - in both cases, one is using a product for which the creator is not being compensated.
Stealing is easily justified to oneself - but, as I'm seeing in this thread, very difficult to justify to others.
Crashnbur, I understand your habit of burning the couple of good tracks from each album; I myself absolutely love blue M&Ms, so I just take those from the bag and leave the store.
But hey, before anyone gets upset - sometimes I buy other candy. It's all cool.
Hopefully soon everyone will just get all this authentication silliness out of the way and just test the DNA of the person turning on the console. If you bought the game / console, you get to play. Otherwise it poisons you and you die a horrible death.
I wouldn't fuck with trying to reverse engineer that system.
Next time I get hammered and leave my stuff at someone's house, I'd like to be able to trace my steps back to figure out what I did from the beginning to the end of the night.
Get to work.
And even if the moral question is avoided - the actual trading of files would still be onshore, so wouldn't that continue to constitute copyright infringement?
If not, then I think I'll move overseas and start selling copies of CDs online and by mailorder. =)
One is legally entitled to make a backup recording of the music; burning an LP to a CD would fall within those boundaries, I'd imagine.
Just put the vinyl in a box and listen to your CD...as long as you only use one at a time, you should be okay...
I'd like to be able to respond to the claims of Netscape 6 being chock-full of adverts; unfortunately, the Macintosh version of NS 6 is so full of bugs that I've been trying to download a Roach Motel to clean it out.
I wouldn't consider the installer shitting well over 300 empty files onto my desktop and then crashing much of an advertisement.
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Since I can't think of any software besides games that is pirated more often than photoshop/illustrator (this is, to cover my ass, from my experiences at University) I think it's fantastic that GIMP is able to run under osX - maybe some of the kids running Photoshop will switch to GIMP for the simple fact that it's a lot easier to get a hold of than Photoshop.
:)
Then again, the release for Windows didn't seem to help that much, so maybe I'm completely wrong
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Possibly...but explain to a musician why his or her music wasn't worth compensation to you.
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While the artists and musicians behind pirated songs certainly are not being adequately compensated for their efforts, it is still an important source of income for them, and it is monumentally disrespectful to copy someone's work without just compensation. Just because they didn't create a tangible physical object doesn't mean that using their creation without compensation is okay.
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I think the analogy stands - in both cases, one is using a product for which the creator is not being compensated. Stealing is easily justified to oneself - but, as I'm seeing in this thread, very difficult to justify to others.
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Crashnbur, I understand your habit of burning the couple of good tracks from each album; I myself absolutely love blue M&Ms, so I just take those from the bag and leave the store. But hey, before anyone gets upset - sometimes I buy other candy. It's all cool.
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Hopefully soon everyone will just get all this authentication silliness out of the way and just test the DNA of the person turning on the console. If you bought the game / console, you get to play. Otherwise it poisons you and you die a horrible death. I wouldn't fuck with trying to reverse engineer that system.
Next time I get hammered and leave my stuff at someone's house, I'd like to be able to trace my steps back to figure out what I did from the beginning to the end of the night. Get to work.
I actually had a GI Joe Big Wheel when I was little - a trigger on the handlebars popped some character's head out from the front.
...just so long as you don't get a Canadian quarter instead of an American quarter - you can't play those damned Canadian discs anywhere. =)
And even if the moral question is avoided - the actual trading of files would still be onshore, so wouldn't that continue to constitute copyright infringement? If not, then I think I'll move overseas and start selling copies of CDs online and by mailorder. =)
Maybe if you buy a full album box set, they'll package them in the rolls quarters come in at the bank. =)
One is legally entitled to make a backup recording of the music; burning an LP to a CD would fall within those boundaries, I'd imagine. Just put the vinyl in a box and listen to your CD...as long as you only use one at a time, you should be okay...
I'd like to be able to respond to the claims of Netscape 6 being chock-full of adverts; unfortunately, the Macintosh version of NS 6 is so full of bugs that I've been trying to download a Roach Motel to clean it out.
I wouldn't consider the installer shitting well over 300 empty files onto my desktop and then crashing much of an advertisement.