While they deserve points for telling the feds to take a leap, what does that do for federal employees that live in their state, or citizens that want to fly ( once you have to have the realID to fly )?
It was also about the practical amount of text you could stick on the CRT's at the time. 132 column would have been rather expensive at the time. 40 was even cheaper ( and worked ok on composite TV's )
"A bit like the one where I buy lots and lots of Microsoft products based on the exemplary security record of their operating system."
While that may be true for YOU, ( and many of us around these parts ) the vast majority of their markets DO go out and buy lots of their products. its why they have the billions in the bank and laugh when we complain about our 'rights' being taken away.
And if you still didn't catch my point: The point is that for their target market the level of encryption DOES make a difference, it keeps the average person from making the casual copy. The hardcore 'pirate' ( and i hate that term, for the record ) isn't part of their target market in the first place.
This has been happening ever since people brought PC's into a service shop. Once the box is in-house, it would be scoured for 'cool stuff', be it images, software, most anything. ( including copying of any disks the customer brought in, espcially before harddrives ). I bet even the FIRST computer in for repair got this treatment.
Not saying its right, but its nothing new at all.
I remember a case where a guy brought his PC in to have a new video card or something installed, the tech found kiddy porn all over his drive, reported it to the police and the guy got busted when he returned to get his computer. They searched his house afterwards ad got him for running a KP ring.
I always wondered about the tech that viewed it, since its illegal for a citizen to even view KP, did he commit a crime too? . And did he break some law by searching in the first place? It wasnt related to the 'repair' in the slightest.
Except you didnt know upfront it ws the copyright holder that was hosting the 'service'. So i bet 'intent to defraud' will still stick.
Dont get me wrong, im all for downloading and have zero moral isuse with non profit trading, but i also dont pretend that you can get out of it if you truly get nailed to the wall if caught red handed violating IP rights. Currently its illegal. That needs to change, and will change, but today its still a crime.
I would imagine that they were all fakes and the fact you tried shows 'intent to defraud'. Since in this society just having the intent to commit a crime is a crime in its own right.
But at the same time, can they knowingly offer fake files with the intent to deceive? Its not quite entrapment, since you went there on your own looking for files, ( unlike the case if they emailed you out of the blue in a fishing expedition 'hey, free movies here' then claimed you 'stole' them afterwards ) but it still smells wrong.
Dont you still have to sign a 2 year contract when you buy it? Sort of hard to 'free' yourself from that part. And with how most people that buy these things, in 2 years they wil lwant the new nice shiny model anyway, instead of releasing it from ATT.
( and last i heard, a "brick" was a totally hosed device, being tied to a single provider doesnt make it hosed, just restricted )
Shouldn't be hidden from me anyway, its MY phone, i bought it, its MINE.. If i want to do something stupid and brick it in the process, its my choice. ( as long as i don't go and cry to Apple for a free replacement )
Well, did they "remove" the code from all of oracles servers and backups or in anyway harm the original code? If so, it wasn't stolen.
If they merely copied, then no, nothing was stolen.
Why does the press refer to IP infringement as theft? It gets the common folk riled up. Remember the press is tied directly to the 'media' which desperately needs this to move their agenda along.
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I guess you missed the grocery industry, or many others. The survive on small margins, but large volume.
Volume does equal more sales 99% of the time.
Here we go, back to the 'data center' idea for basic computing.
I still remember when Microsoft was the alternative to the 'big boxes' with their leased resources. "a computer of your own"
Tho its not much consolation, it is nice to see people starting to realize it was the better way of doing things.
They would sell far more if they dropped the price some and make more $ in volume.
Next they will start messing with the DNA to make them even more sensitive.
Replicants, here we come!
And they will sell like hotcakes.
How about park? ( if he has a sence of humor )
Checking email or phone messages would have been the answer he was looking for.
While they deserve points for telling the feds to take a leap, what does that do for federal employees that live in their state, or citizens that want to fly ( once you have to have the realID to fly )?
It was also about the practical amount of text you could stick on the CRT's at the time. 132 column would have been rather expensive at the time. 40 was even cheaper ( and worked ok on composite TV's )
They can ban an entire nation from a website just beacuse they are in a bad mood? Wow!
No, what would be better is if prices werent out of sight. Its not the wages that are at issue, its the cost of goods ( and taxes ).
And what makes her any better then your average bagger? Well, she had an idea and *followed thru with it*. That makes her 'better'.
I meant ethics in general, not specific to the story at hand.
"A bit like the one where I buy lots and lots of Microsoft products based on the exemplary security record of their operating system."
While that may be true for YOU, ( and many of us around these parts ) the vast majority of their markets DO go out and buy lots of their products. its why they have the billions in the bank and laugh when we complain about our 'rights' being taken away.
And if you still didn't catch my point: The point is that for their target market the level of encryption DOES make a difference, it keeps the average person from making the casual copy. The hardcore 'pirate' ( and i hate that term, for the record ) isn't part of their target market in the first place.
But who gets to define what is ethical or not? Ethics are like morals, they are somewhat relative and there are a lot of 'grey areas'.
This has been happening ever since people brought PC's into a service shop. Once the box is in-house, it would be scoured for 'cool stuff', be it images, software, most anything. ( including copying of any disks the customer brought in, espcially before harddrives ). I bet even the FIRST computer in for repair got this treatment.
Not saying its right, but its nothing new at all.
I remember a case where a guy brought his PC in to have a new video card or something installed, the tech found kiddy porn all over his drive, reported it to the police and the guy got busted when he returned to get his computer. They searched his house afterwards ad got him for running a KP ring.
I always wondered about the tech that viewed it, since its illegal for a citizen to even view KP, did he commit a crime too? . And did he break some law by searching in the first place? It wasnt related to the 'repair' in the slightest.
How about a show about a rat chef? Not much human acting there, and its raking in the cash.
Yea, the MPAA and Microsoft are really hurting with their billions in the bank...
And you really cant compare enigma to current technology.
Sure there is, and its called payoffs.
Except you didnt know upfront it ws the copyright holder that was hosting the 'service'. So i bet 'intent to defraud' will still stick.
Dont get me wrong, im all for downloading and have zero moral isuse with non profit trading, but i also dont pretend that you can get out of it if you truly get nailed to the wall if caught red handed violating IP rights. Currently its illegal. That needs to change, and will change, but today its still a crime.
I would imagine that they were all fakes and the fact you tried shows 'intent to defraud'. Since in this society just having the intent to commit a crime is a crime in its own right.
But at the same time, can they knowingly offer fake files with the intent to deceive? Its not quite entrapment, since you went there on your own looking for files, ( unlike the case if they emailed you out of the blue in a fishing expedition 'hey, free movies here' then claimed you
'stole' them afterwards ) but it still smells wrong.
Dont you still have to sign a 2 year contract when you buy it? Sort of hard to 'free' yourself from that part. And with how most people that buy these things, in 2 years they wil lwant the new nice shiny model anyway, instead of releasing it from ATT.
( and last i heard, a "brick" was a totally hosed device, being tied to a single provider doesnt make it hosed, just restricted )
Thats not much. When you are spending several hundred i really doubt many will worry about 50 inorder to complicate their lives more.
I wasnt talking about getting free service from ATT, just having full access to the hardware that i bought.
Isn't this how we managed to piss off Apple and have them pull out of contributing to opendarwin?
Shouldn't be hidden from me anyway, its MY phone, i bought it, its MINE.. If i want to do something stupid and brick it in the process, its my choice. ( as long as i don't go and cry to Apple for a free replacement )
Well, did they "remove" the code from all of oracles servers and backups or in anyway harm the original code? If so, it wasn't stolen.
If they merely copied, then no, nothing was stolen.
Why does the press refer to IP infringement as theft? It gets the common folk riled up. Remember the press is tied directly to the 'media' which desperately needs this to move their agenda along.