The application is the Flash player itself, not whatever is being interpreted. I'd take this to mean that you can't actually sell apps written in Flash.
I agree. Contrast it with the Free Software movement; they didn't like what was commercially available, so they made their own! They didn't steal the commercial software and whine about how overpriced it was.
In that world, there is no money to be made on movies because nobody pays to see them. Very few can afford to work on movies full time and put their heart and soul into doing it. Quality suffers and a part of our culture dies. Sounds great, doesn't it? Personally I'm not a big movie guy, so I guess it wouldn't be too bad.
"The movie sucked" isn't an excuse to steal it. Try taking a candy bar from the store and then telling the cops "man, I heard this candy bar tastes terrible! no way would I pay for it."
Netflix and Redbox have agreements with the studio to rent those movies out. The people who made the movie AGREE to have their movies rented that way. That's the difference between renting and stealing.
Bottom line: Don't break the law and then cry about how unfair life is when you get called on it.
The creators of firefox and Debian give those things away for free. I should have said "Taking something not given freely without paying is stealing." Obviously, for example, if I take a free sample from the tray at the grocery store it isn't stealing.
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There'll be tons of fun when some kid decides to bring this "cool-looking laser pointer" that he found to school. Pew pew pew!
You can't buy it for the advertised price if you can't purchase it without accessories. That's the problem.
The application is the Flash player itself, not whatever is being interpreted. I'd take this to mean that you can't actually sell apps written in Flash.
It's not entrapment if they don't entice you into doing the crime.
"Restraint" isn't freedom. Sorry. You can't have it both ways. You must be one of those liberals they talk about on TV.
They're not forcing anyone to purchase their movie.
I agree. Contrast it with the Free Software movement; they didn't like what was commercially available, so they made their own! They didn't steal the commercial software and whine about how overpriced it was.
The law-abiding are ignored on slashdot. It's truly a shame.
In that world, there is no money to be made on movies because nobody pays to see them. Very few can afford to work on movies full time and put their heart and soul into doing it. Quality suffers and a part of our culture dies. Sounds great, doesn't it? Personally I'm not a big movie guy, so I guess it wouldn't be too bad.
This is taking a movie.
Taking someone's work without paying for it? Last I checked that's stealing.
Thieves everywhere will boycott their movies.
A movie is a good.
Lack of DRM makes it easy to get the movie onto TPB in the first place.
"The movie sucked" isn't an excuse to steal it. Try taking a candy bar from the store and then telling the cops "man, I heard this candy bar tastes terrible! no way would I pay for it."
Netflix and Redbox have agreements with the studio to rent those movies out. The people who made the movie AGREE to have their movies rented that way. That's the difference between renting and stealing.
Bottom line: Don't break the law and then cry about how unfair life is when you get called on it.
The creators of firefox and Debian give those things away for free. I should have said "Taking something not given freely without paying is stealing." Obviously, for example, if I take a free sample from the tray at the grocery store it isn't stealing.
That may be true but it's irrelevant in this case.
"bluray-quality drm-free online store"
Why DRM-free? I thought you just cared about it being a click away. "DRM-free" is code for "easy to pirate".
I guess you work for free too, right?
Taking something without paying is stealing.
A boycott by someone who doesn't pay to see movies anyway? I'm sure they're shaking in fear.
Stealing a movie online should be punishable like other forms of theft. Then there wouldn't be lawsuits like this one.
"Doing the right thing" and not stealing isn't moral relativism.
Is making a better movie somehow going to keep people from stealing it?
That's like excusing a shoplifter because they wouldn't have otherwise bought or couldn't afford to buy the stolen item.