Sorry for asking...

If something can be done on a small scale, it can be done better on a large scale This is why we have power stations.

Calm down, this is Slashdot. Nobody reads TFA.

Why are they updating the "flight software"? I thought they were done with the flying bit?

Are there any manufacturers of solar panels that uses solar power (ie from their own panels) for the manufacturing process?

It is clear to me that you are desperately trying to justify to yourself that your piracy is only aimed at hurting those "large evil faceless corporations." It makes you feel less bad about it. Worse, you probably convinced yourself that you are the good guy. The truth is that you are just a common criminal, stealing from real people trying to make an honest living.

Yes, mod me down again. It will make you feel better.

Have you ever considered WHY the software is so lousy? I it wasn't so easy to pirate the software, there would have been more money to employ more and better developers and/or reduce the cost. It cracks me up every time I hear a pirate complain about poor quality software...

I know, it is not your problem. And you don't see how it could possibly ever affect you.

Well, I was hoping that most people would be able to tell right from wrong, but after reading some of the posts in this story, I am not so sure anymore.

When did people stop recognizing intellectual property rights? Is this really how people feel about intellectual property these days? Are you also saying that software has no real value, just because it is easy and cheap to copy? Are you also suggesting that the whole software industry just "give up and move on to something else"?

Intellectual property does have value, and there is a great demand for it. If that was not so, then there would be no people stealing it. But piracy is like a positive feedback loop. It causes more and more creative people to just give up and exit the market, making content even more scarce, expensive and restrictive - just increasing piracy further. In the end there will be no more quality content, because there is no-one left willing to work for free.

Without piracy there would be a lot more content producers, more competition amongst them, better and cheaper content with less restrictions. And people with jobs instead of being pirates.

Not really. If the thieves have enough fire power you won't be able to stop them. The only reason we don't have anarchy, where everyone just take everything that they want, is because we have government, police, and the law. Why should the government protect the farmer but not the artists?

If I was a farmer struggling with people stealing from my fields, what would you suggest I do? Hold on tight or bail? Or just stop worrying so much about the potential loss? Surely not?

Ignoring the problem is not going to feed my family.

I am sorry, but that does not help the small guy who is struggling to make ends meet while watching others steal his work. I am not saying this bill will help either, but I would like to hear what all the consumers suggest he do?