guns don't kill people...really?
Wired News had a good little F.A.Q. in regard to the file sharing 'problem' and what's happening legally lately called The Uproar Over Downloads.
there's been a Supreme Court ruling in favour of the content makers in the U.S.A. which will ripple effect what goes on in the rest of the western world like any other cultural shift in from the U.S. it's gone a little too far though as now software manufacturers of peer-to-peer applications, DVD ripping software, etc can now be held legally responsible for 'stolen' files. this area is so grey you could see companies like apple getting sued for allowing itunes to burn a cd with piracy protected music files (the moment you burn an audio cd the AIFF format strips away the protection).
i mentioned this to myra and she made a great comment. if gun manufacturers (including modification onselling companies) aren't held reasponsible for what people do with their weapons why should the makers of Limewire be held responsible for the same thing? If "guns don't kill people, people kill people" is considered a truism, then peer-to-peer networks should be offered "peer-to-peer software doesn't steal copy-protected-software, people steal copy-protected-software" surely.
it certainly shows where the lay of the law. law protects the money. case closed.
quote for the day:
"Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss."
- Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
there's been a Supreme Court ruling in favour of the content makers in the U.S.A. which will ripple effect what goes on in the rest of the western world like any other cultural shift in from the U.S. it's gone a little too far though as now software manufacturers of peer-to-peer applications, DVD ripping software, etc can now be held legally responsible for 'stolen' files. this area is so grey you could see companies like apple getting sued for allowing itunes to burn a cd with piracy protected music files (the moment you burn an audio cd the AIFF format strips away the protection).
i mentioned this to myra and she made a great comment. if gun manufacturers (including modification onselling companies) aren't held reasponsible for what people do with their weapons why should the makers of Limewire be held responsible for the same thing? If "guns don't kill people, people kill people" is considered a truism, then peer-to-peer networks should be offered "peer-to-peer software doesn't steal copy-protected-software, people steal copy-protected-software" surely.
it certainly shows where the lay of the law. law protects the money. case closed.
quote for the day:
"Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss."
- Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
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