Following are representative e-commerce and telecommunications transactions handled by Arent Fox attorneys:
AOL Legal and AOL Business Affairs. Represented AOL Legal and AOL Business Affairs in a multi-year, multi-million dollar strategic marketing alliance to offer Network Solutions= (NSI) domain name registration and value-added services globally across America Online, Inc. brands. Network Solutions= services will be available through co-branded sites across AOL, AOL.COM, CompuServe, Netscape Netcenter, Digital City, ICQ, and Spinner/Winamp, including the international services, making it easier and more convenient than ever for businesses and consumers to create an online presence.
"Copywright (and patent) laws were created to allow people to make money off the sale of ideas. This was done to promote the creation of new ideas, which are the lifeblood of a democratic and capitalist society."
The same principle seems to apply. If this is an item that I would never have bought anyway (for whatever reason) where is the disincentive to 'the creation of new ideas'? It still amounts to the creator of the work getting nothing, whether I happen to be listening/using a copy or not.
It seems to me that it is wrong when it results in a loss for someone else.
So...if there is no way I was going to buy a CD anyway (take the uncommon case where there is one good song and 12 sucky ones, or maybe I just don't have any folding money) who is losing out by my stealing?
I have been using this justification to use Photoshop for years.
Slashdot Mirror
I think that was a PBS ad.
Botnetted to death?
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http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/botnet.h
From the Arent Fox website:
E-Commerce Transactions
Following are representative e-commerce and telecommunications transactions handled by Arent Fox attorneys:
AOL Legal and AOL Business Affairs. Represented AOL Legal and AOL Business Affairs in a multi-year, multi-million dollar strategic marketing alliance to offer Network Solutions= (NSI) domain name registration and value-added services globally across America Online, Inc. brands. Network Solutions= services will be available through co-branded sites across AOL, AOL.COM, CompuServe, Netscape Netcenter, Digital City, ICQ, and Spinner/Winamp, including the international services, making it easier and more convenient than ever for businesses and consumers to create an online presence.
"Copywright (and patent) laws were created to allow people to make money off the sale of ideas. This was done to promote the creation of new ideas, which are the lifeblood of a democratic and capitalist society."
The same principle seems to apply. If this is an item that I would never have bought anyway (for whatever reason) where is the disincentive to 'the creation of new ideas'? It still amounts to the creator of the work getting nothing, whether I happen to be listening/using a copy or not.
I have been wondering for awhile...
Why is 'theft' wrong?
It seems to me that it is wrong when it results in a loss for someone else.
So...if there is no way I was going to buy a CD anyway (take the uncommon case where there is one good song and 12 sucky ones, or maybe I just don't have any folding money) who is losing out by my stealing?
I have been using this justification to use Photoshop for years.
Thoughts?