What FireWire cable should Sony have supplied? A 6-4 or 4-4? I suppose they should have supplied whichever one you, personally, needed.
Alternatively, _you_ could have checked whether or not it shipped with a specific cable and decided whether or not that was a deal-breaker for _you_ before wrestling with whether or not to return a perfectly good item, and cost the retailer, distributor, manufacturer and every other customer a wad of money because you're too lazy to research your purchases.
Not everyone has a PC. Not all of those that do have a PC that is always with them and accessible to a network that their XBox might be on (think "laptop" and "leave it in the bag over the weekend", or "different floors"). Not all of those that do want to have to connect every device in their house together, and those that do have a PC can just play games on it instead.
Firstly, that's the common law definition of theft (i.e. to intend to deprive etc.). Next, a service can be "stolen" since there is something which you can steal, or which incurs charges whether directly or indirectly. E.g. if I borrow your car, I cause wear and tear, use your petrol, deprive you of the use, put it at risk etc. If I use your dumpster, I deprive you of the used space, extra trash charges, if any etc.
Secondly, "acquiring benefit and/or value from someone else's property- WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT" isn't theft unless you qualify it further. For example, if my house benefits from my neighbor's paint job, or I happen to hear The Doors on the radio, what precisely have I stolen?
Since you obviously want to be a pedant, please explain why you think you should define "theft" simply as you like it whilst using a definition of "copyright" in the same sentence that's tied to one particular legal system.
IANAL, but since you are using legal terminology (e.g. "copyright"), "theft" must be the unauthorized misappropriation of another's property with a view to permanently deprive them of it.
There's nothing wrong with that use of the word "they", since using the correct alternative "he" leaves you open to being castigated by the "he or she" brigade.
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Is the device that sends the code also going to open an FTP server from which you can download the source?
So I guess you must be a Pick'n'Mix Christian.
"I come not to change the Law, but to fulfill."
-Matthew 5:17
What FireWire cable should Sony have supplied? A 6-4 or 4-4? I suppose they should have supplied whichever one you, personally, needed.
Alternatively, _you_ could have checked whether or not it shipped with a specific cable and decided whether or not that was a deal-breaker for _you_ before wrestling with whether or not to return a perfectly good item, and cost the retailer, distributor, manufacturer and every other customer a wad of money because you're too lazy to research your purchases.
Not everyone has a PC. Not all of those that do have a PC that is always with them and accessible to a network that their XBox might be on (think "laptop" and "leave it in the bag over the weekend", or "different floors"). Not all of those that do want to have to connect every device in their house together, and those that do have a PC can just play games on it instead.
Why do you think it's possible to have "desktops... so intuitive that training won't be required"?
Consider: everyone needs to be trained to use a toilet.
Fine. I'll pay you $0.02. Please change your name.
Because you aren't required to submit any contributions made with your time and money to those companies.
Firstly, that's the common law definition of theft (i.e. to intend to deprive etc.). Next, a service can be "stolen" since there is something which you can steal, or which incurs charges whether directly or indirectly. E.g. if I borrow your car, I cause wear and tear, use your petrol, deprive you of the use, put it at risk etc. If I use your dumpster, I deprive you of the used space, extra trash charges, if any etc.
Secondly, "acquiring benefit and/or value from someone else's property- WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT" isn't theft unless you qualify it further. For example, if my house benefits from my neighbor's paint job, or I happen to hear The Doors on the radio, what precisely have I stolen?
Since you obviously want to be a pedant, please explain why you think you should define "theft" simply as you like it whilst using a definition of "copyright" in the same sentence that's tied to one particular legal system.
One button cycles which squad member is currently centred on screen. There, that wasn't so hard.
IANAL, but since you are using legal terminology (e.g. "copyright"), "theft" must be the unauthorized misappropriation of another's property with a view to permanently deprive them of it.
Um, no that was Clarke, in "Profiles of the Future".
I bought a Sony Digital8 in 1999, and ISTR the resolution was lower than MiniDV, at 450 lines.
There's nothing wrong with that use of the word "they", since using the correct alternative "he" leaves you open to being castigated by the "he or she" brigade.