True, if it was really me, all would be fine. My point was that, in the general case, there is no way for the downloader to know whether I am offering a download legally.
So, this means everyone is obliged to know something is copyrighted - even before downloading! I could put a sound file of some obscure musician on the net, pretend that it's really just me strumming my guitar, and everyone getting it would - bang - be guilty! Or better, I could put a copyrighted picture on my webpage, and everyone stumbling onto it: instant criminal!
Sorry, this just doesn't fly. The uploader knows what he's doing, but the downloader can only know afterwards. On second thought, you could be on the safe side if you only download from "trusted sources" like iTunes or whatever.
I played Deus Ex only after the WTC attacks, and - considering it came out in 2000 already! - I was struck with the parallels to reality, especially in the bulletin board news. It was eerie to compare the bulletins of the in-game "homeland security" agency (UNATCO) with the real thing, and find not much of a difference in the rhetoric to justify curfews, restriction of civil rights, calls to "watch thy neighbor" etc. It almost felt like playing through a prophetical satire... Anybody else felt this?
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... when you, after identifying a story as a dupe on /., you go through all the OLD posts again to compare them to the new ones ;-)
> North Pole heads South where else could it head?
True, if it was really me, all would be fine. My point was that, in the general case, there is no way for the downloader to know whether I am offering a download legally.
Sorry, this just doesn't fly. The uploader knows what he's doing, but the downloader can only know afterwards. On second thought, you could be on the safe side if you only download from "trusted sources" like iTunes or whatever.
Maybe that's the intention.
A huge disturbance in the net... as if a million hosts screamed in terror and fear, and suddenly fell silent.
maybe people would be scared to click on "my longhorn".
I played Deus Ex only after the WTC attacks, and - considering it came out in 2000 already! - I was struck with the parallels to reality, especially in the bulletin board news. It was eerie to compare the bulletins of the in-game "homeland security" agency (UNATCO) with the real thing, and find not much of a difference in the rhetoric to justify curfews, restriction of civil rights, calls to "watch thy neighbor" etc. It almost felt like playing through a prophetical satire... Anybody else felt this?