Re: Piracy Bests ITAR
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Alan Horowitz wrote:
Yes, when Mr Anon travels to a beach in Jamaica or in Mombasa, he shouldn't complain when the taxi driver takes him, not to his requested destination, buit some dark alley where Mr Anon gets clunked over the head and his wallet removed. The locals need the money more than Mr rich-tourist-on-vacation Anon. They're only doing socialist justice, after all.
Property is property. Theft is theft.
Such absolutism! And an awful analogy (not entirely worthless, but not very good either). Has nothing to do with socialism... even works nice in a capitalist as in the case where people try the software, decide they like it, and then buy it latter when they can afford it. Sidekick and WordStar became popular because of this "borrowing". MS-DOS probably would not be so widespread if it weren't pirated. Oh yeah, patents as well... I assume from your post that you didn't use PGP before the MIT version (assuming you're in the US...). - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMSgfQSoZzwIn1bdtAQFVKwGA2lngCVinsxHtw45XdbNfTHc/Whv3BGey IvKs3cspDmvLe4cdyHWNXfzaw/u3aoCm =JClJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
In message <199602190657.BAA00505@bb.hks.net>, Mutant wrote:
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Alan Horowitz wrote:
Yes, when Mr Anon travels to a beach in Jamaica or in Mombasa, he shouldn't complain when the taxi driver takes him, not to his requested destination, buit some dark alley where Mr Anon gets clunked over the head and his wallet removed. The locals need the money more than Mr rich-tourist-on-vacation Anon. They're only doing socialist justice, after all.
Property is property. Theft is theft.
Such absolutism! And an awful analogy (not entirely worthless, but not very good either).
True, there is a certain amount of indicision in my mind as to the value of keeping software valuable through sale, and obtaining it virtually free of charge. Yes I develop software.
Has nothing to do with socialism... even works nice in a capitalist as in the case where people try the software, decide they like it, and then buy it latter when they can afford it. Sidekick and WordStar became popular because of this "borrowing". MS-DOS probably would not be so widespread if it weren't pirated.
Uh huh? And you are saying that there were *heaps* of computers out there which could run MS-DOS which didn't come with it? And how much more would those companies have made had the products been *forced* to be sold rather than pirated. *chuckle* Of course these days, with M$ having the monopoly over all software on PC's and Billy being worth what he is, it's a moot point... <snip> Intellectual property is all very well to develop, but it should really be considered a limited resource at any point in time, and as such be ownership restricted in much the same way as natural resources are in Oz. Mining licenses are only kept where the owner can show a certain amount of development. In the same way patents of "intellectual" or developing technology should be granted under a license to develop principle only. (with the option to lose) I'm not saying that intellectual property should come any more under the banner of Big Sibling[1], but the existing regulatory bodies should probably be forced to adopt these measures. [1] This might be in an archive by the time that the CDA Mk II comes out with the politically correct clauses.[2] [2] I'm not laughing. My country's regulatory body sat this week to start on our 'net legislational recommendations. I hope to hell you people get your CDA sorted out before our lot uses it as a precedent. -- Packrat (BSc/BE;COSO;Wombat Admin) Nihil illegitemi carborvndvm.
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