or the higher strength.

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So a study funded by Big Megacorp would be more reliable than a study funded by the Green Party? Maybe, maybe not. The money-driven science argument cuts both ways. The way the world seems to be going, we mere mortals might as well flip a coin on this and many other really important issues.

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Grants Geeknet. Geeknet has the right to make and distribute copies of the post. And since the downloaders are receiving the files from an entity authorized to copy and distribute, there is no infringement of any kind. What happens if the downloader makes further copies is not clear, yet I seriously doubt there is much (if any) of that going around.

Stupid me! Wrong button.

From the ToS (emphasis by me):

Geeknet's method of reproduction, publishing and distribution is through web downloads to whoever requests them. I think this goes well beyond any "reasonable man" standards. With the usual IANAL and IANAA (I Am Not An American), so any opinions from me regarding American law might as well be a brainfart.

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From the ToS (with my emphasis):

Not that text. The one in the actual Terms of Service that can be found at the bottom of the page. Check section 6, paragraph 2. Better luck next time.

Sue them back for emotional distress. You found a tracking device in your car and have been scared as shit that some terrorist is after you. Play their own playbook against them!

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You don't really believe that, do you? you realize that by the act of posting the message to this site, the message and it's licensing becomes governed by the site's Terms of Service, which include a license for the site to serve the message and the site's users to download it, so the is NO infringement whatsoever. He posted, ergo he licensed. Period.

As for the "damages" you claim he would be suffering by your "infringing", you cant judge those upfront without further knowledge of his motivation. If his motivation is to proselytize for IP enforcement, then getting the message posted in a high traffic site for many to read means your downloading and reading of his post did not damage him, but actually rewarded him. As for why he might want to proselytize, for all we know he could make a living out of IP and thus have a vested interest in the subject. I'm not claiming any of these are his motives, but just claim you don't know either.

Next time try a better argumentative line.

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Not sure about where you live, but does the post office charge the recipient for delivered mail also? If yes, you may have a point and the post office would be performing the exact behavior that is being criticized. Otherwise, your analogy would only hold if the ISP wanted to charge the content providers instead of the content consumers.

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One would assume his hickname explained it right away... ;)

Another very important point is that the economic situation in Chile allows for a stricter building code. With a GDP per capita about 10% that of Chile, if housing costs due to regulation were the same in Haiti, most Haitians would be homeless instead of better housed. Not saying this is a good situation, but sometimes reality has an ugly face.

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Having seen how fast pillaging and looting, of private homes as well as commercial establishments, came up after the Chile earthquake, I would have to strongly disagree with you. It was not until the government placed the area under military control that it did not stop.

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Not quite. When doing this stuff on a platform with limited or non existent floating point support you can always use fixed point arithmetic.

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As much right as an investor who buys stock cheap can receive dividends later. Once you own stock in a company, you keep getting dividends as long as the company makes money, and you don't need to even have worked in the company. What is so different?

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Hmm... Sounds an awful lot like income tax.

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