[Gllug] Priracy.

[David Damerell]

On Tuesday, 4 Mar 2003, Peter Childs wrote:
>	The very reason software Piracy has got its name is from Pirates, 
>They stoll and commited crimes on the sea.

By bogus analogy, thanks to the IPR lobby, between vile murderers and
copyright violators.

 Its a crime. Stealling is just 
>the collest crime people actually understand that is simular.

I don't know what "collest" is supposed to be, but the similarity is
something you have yet to justify.

>	If you copy a drug and then give it out on the open market (or
>sell it at cost) it will not take long for Phyzer (or who ever the
>manufacture is) to find you and take you too court.

This is a curious example given the efforts made by numerous countries
to produce cheap generic equivalents because they feel drug patents
produce unreasonable consequences - and also because you are confusing
copyright violation with patant infringement.

>	If you copy your favourate CD and start handing it out the music 
>industry come down on you like a ton of bricks. Its sean of as
>wrong. 

... by the three people left who don't think the music industry are
scum, yes. The difference between illegitimately copying CDs and
recording contracts is that the band never find they owe the copiers
money...

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?

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