Its how large conglomerates operate today. Accuse your customers of theft, get draconian anti freedom laws passed and profit off the fines and governmental subsides ( 'media tax' )
...if the convenience factor wasn't part of the equation. Isn't this largely the point? Who the hell is making a decision to purchase this based on book cost?
Thy already sue gun makers for the improper use of their products. They don't "win", but they can shut down smaller shops due to the legal expenses so they accomplish the goal.
In theory, the the *aa's could shut down source forge the same way.
SHutting down P2P traffic isn't the answer. I just got the latest FreeBSD ISO via torrent. If you shut down one protocol due to that concept the entire thing has to go.
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Or get into politics.
Now that this stuff is practical, our friendly ISPs are throttling/capping our bandwidth.
I'm not actually troubled much by this at all. This is what happens to someone who falsifies their information to use an online service TO A BAD END.
You sound like a damned cry baby.. "wahhh she called me ugly"
Im almost speechless about this. Bullying? Did this girl force anyone to stare at the screen?
This is just insane. Its almost as bad as calling something a 'hate crime' and using the term to squelch freespeech.
"we have detected an unauthorized copy of file xyz, your laptop is now being disabled".
Or "file with forbidden knowledge of the day"
Its how large conglomerates operate today. Accuse your customers of theft, get draconian anti freedom laws passed and profit off the fines and governmental subsides ( 'media tax' )
And here is a new flash: WE ALLOW IT.
By being one..
Modern books, yes i do avoid most of them for that reason.
Havent bought a magazine since the late 80's.
If your company sells support for the commodity software you wrote, you get paid.
When tools are banned.. oh, nevermind...
Should be free. Its the custom stuff that should cost. ( oh, and support )
Commercials is one reason i tend to avoid TV. ( that and most content is dismal ).
None of their business who i am really.
"IPA Investigator"
Of course if everyone encrypted their traffic, it would make 'patrolling' a moot point.
You beat met to it, but i totally agree, on both counts.
If you follow the females, you will figure out where the next job boom will be.
The older converter they had cost you to convert.
Mobipocket will also do it for free.
Isn't this largely the point? Who the hell is making a decision to purchase this based on book cost?
The hard core geek or OCD book reader?
What about those of us that use it to read *free* materials? ( be them truly free or "ip infringed" )
In my case its 100% convenience, though you can factor in the eliminated need to print them so i'm not tied to my desktop.
Some of us already do :)
what more needs to be said?
Thy already sue gun makers for the improper use of their products. They don't "win", but they can shut down smaller shops due to the legal expenses so they accomplish the goal.
In theory, the the *aa's could shut down source forge the same way.
SHutting down P2P traffic isn't the answer. I just got the latest FreeBSD ISO via torrent. If you shut down one protocol due to that concept the entire thing has to go.
We all become criminals.
Just goes to show when a company gets to big, they tend to pee on their customers.
You cant compare theft to drug use.
Smart people do commit crimes ( morals have nothing to do with intelligence ). The dumb ones get caught and serve time.
Well you don't just put it on ebay...
The value of the data might just be more then the reward.
The smart ones don't.