Comment Re:copyright infingment != theft (Score 1) 370
Thanks. I personally have done "ahem" questionable activities in the past (not admitting anything in particular, dang RIAA), but it really is a matter of people taking personal responsibility for their own actions. If I get sued for what I have done, knowing full well that what I was doing was wrong, there really isn't much that I can complain about. That is just the chance that I took.
Fair use is a whole 'nother can o' worms. However, if a business makes money by using copyright/ intellectual property and disregards a firmly written licensing agreement, I hope a whole lot of whoop-arse gets opened. That isn't a case of "joe-down-the-street" wanting to listen to what he could get on the radio for free anyways, it's "lets make money by bypassing the R&D (people's jobs) and going directly to greenbacks-by-the-fistfull". BTW, I am not meaning the jobs of people writing the software (in this case) since PearPC is a hobby project, done not-for-profit. I mean the jobs of people that should have existed in order to create a different software. We have enough problems in the tech industry with offshoring/ weak economy (USA) that we don't have to have some smarmy wisearse who probably has 3 yachts wanting to pocket more cash rather than pay workers to do things legally. Heck, off-shore it. Just stop lining your pockets a little to make sure you do it legally. Greed. Sigh.
Fair use is a whole 'nother can o' worms. However, if a business makes money by using copyright/ intellectual property and disregards a firmly written licensing agreement, I hope a whole lot of whoop-arse gets opened. That isn't a case of "joe-down-the-street" wanting to listen to what he could get on the radio for free anyways, it's "lets make money by bypassing the R&D (people's jobs) and going directly to greenbacks-by-the-fistfull". BTW, I am not meaning the jobs of people writing the software (in this case) since PearPC is a hobby project, done not-for-profit. I mean the jobs of people that should have existed in order to create a different software. We have enough problems in the tech industry with offshoring/ weak economy (USA) that we don't have to have some smarmy wisearse who probably has 3 yachts wanting to pocket more cash rather than pay workers to do things legally. Heck, off-shore it. Just stop lining your pockets a little to make sure you do it legally. Greed. Sigh.
