On Monday 15 April 2002 04:54 pm, you wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 15:26, Robin 'Roblimo' Miller wrote:
> > > Piracy is by definition "making unlawful unauthorized
> > >copies of unlicensed software".
> >
> > Not true.
>
> Ok, oversimplification. IANAL. ;)
>
> > Piracy is a capital crime, well-defined under Admiralty law. "Software
> > piracy" and "Music piracy" are PR phrases used by some of nastiest,
> > politician-bribingest trade associations in the world to describe people
> > who share their members' products with friends.
>
> Oh. "Piracy". Sorry, I've been brainwashed like the best of them.
>
> > Please do not fall into the trap of parrotting the BSA/RIAA/MPAA
> > inflammatory party line.
>
> Ok. What do I call it then? Theft? "Unauthorized replication?" *shrug*
I would call it making one too many backup copies of your software. Lets say
that you want to make a back up of your valuable software in case your house
starts on fire. Well, obviously you don't want to store it at your own
house. You store the copy at your next door neighbors. But suppose its a
really big fire and it catches his house on fire too. Then the only
practical alternative is to keep a backup at every neighbors house for
several blocks. But suppose a volcano erupts and takes out the whole town.
Then you need to keep some backups in several different cities as well. But
what if a really large nuke takes out several cities.......maybe store a copy
on a pirate ship. Have I gone off the deep end yet?
Jim
>
> > A true Software/Music Pirate would forcibly board a vessel in
> > international waters and make off with every CD on board.
>
> Arrr matey! Thar be warez here!
>
> > I am offended by misuse of the honorable term "Pirate" to (mis)label a
> > bunch of teeners who are sending crummy rap chants to each other as MP3
> > files, and perhaps swapping copies of Photoshop so they can paste their
> > teachers' heads on pictures of animals.
>
> There is honor in Piracy? Ok. IANAP. ("The black spot! Arr.. Now I'm
> done for").
>
> I've been fed BSA doctrine for too long. My image of a "Warez Pirate"
> was always that of a pimply faced teen on marathon leech sessions
> running cracked and repacked software across the globe.
>
> Yes, I was a pimply faced geek with a modem on a phoneline that was
> miraculously busy 99% of the time. At least I know now that I wasn't a
> Pirate. Thank goodness. At least it's well out of my system forever now.
>
> Isn't it great to not NEED to worry about such silliness with
> OpenSource?
>
> > Grrrr!!!!
>
> Eeek!
>
> - Ian
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