Text 7174, 43 rader
Skriven 2005-03-16 09:14:42 av mark lewis (1:3634/12)
   Kommentar till text 7147 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Copyrights
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 MvdV>>>>> Exactly my POV, but they passed the law despite my objections
 MvdV>>>>> and so I have no choice but to pay.

 ml>>>> as well as the choice of working to get that law changed...

 DD>>> Why?

 ml>> why should i or you pay the music recording industry some fee when we
 ml>> use CD media to store database bachups on??

 MvdV> Because if that is the law, one has to comply with it?

you've never heard of "civil disobediance"? you've never heard of it being used
to get bad laws changed or removed??

 DD>>> Do you think that copyright holders should not be paid
 DD>>> royalties when copies of their works are made?

 ml>> no... i believe that they should be paid for their work... just as
 ml>> shareware authors should be paid for their work which OZ doesn't
 ml>> legislate but instead actively allows shareware to be pirated...

 MvdV> There are many countries in the world - The Netherlands
 MvdV> included - where the shareware concept has no legal basis.
 MvdV> "Pirating" is a legal term. In those countries it does not
 MvdV> apply to shareware. Shareware is basically freeware in those
 MvdV> countries. Users may choose to make a donation to the maker,
 MvdV> or they may choose not to.

they do not have the right to unlock or enable more than what is operational
without registration, though...

 MvdV> You may not like that, but that is the way it is. If you don't
 MvdV> want your payware to be treated as freeware, see to it that it
 MvdV> is not distributed as shareware in those countries.

better yet, we'll just hide the features of the software behind a locked
"door"... hacking and cracking are illegal, are they not?? does it matter how
well protected and hidden the "door" is??

)\/(ark

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