Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-02-04 Thread Georgi Guninski
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 01:55:31AM +0100, Christian Sciberras wrote: Actually, *most* bands that make money do so off the concert tours - tickets and tshirts is where the actual money is at, not the album sales. So why bother with album sales in the first place? This is the same with

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-30 Thread Christian Sciberras
No, it follows the fact that vengeance (the fuck you Byron mentioned) isn't fruitful to remedy the situation. On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Mike Hale eyeronic.des...@gmail.comwrote: What you said doesn't follow. Making a digital copy isn't burning down a business. The analogy

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-30 Thread Mike Hale
Not necessarily. Look at the effects of people posting DeCSS and the HDDVD keys a while back. The industry ended up giving in precisely because people said, en masse, fuck off. On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Christian Sciberras uuf6...@gmail.com wrote: No, it follows the fact that vengeance

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-30 Thread Christian Sciberras
Uhm, that was a ridiculous situation anyway (@illegal primes). So lets leave it at 'not necessarily'. On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Mike Hale eyeronic.des...@gmail.comwrote: Not necessarily. Look at the effects of people posting DeCSS and the HDDVD keys a while back. The industry

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-30 Thread Zach C.
Just to be clear, what's been done in the name of intellectual property protection is fucking ridiculous. I just do not see how getting something someone put a non-zero value of work and materials into without even so much as asking or being given permission from the person who made it is somehow

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-30 Thread Julius Kivimäki
Of course I wouldn't, downloading a car would be like stealing a car. Piracy is horrible and all the boats used by the pirate scum should be taken away. 2012/1/28 Laurelai laure...@oneechan.org On this topic i saw this https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6960965/1970_Chevelle_Hot-Rod_3d_model ,

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-30 Thread Julius Kivimäki
DDoS their boats. 2012/1/28 Laurelai laure...@oneechan.org On 1/28/2012 3:13 PM, Julius Kivimäki wrote: Of course I wouldn't, downloading a car would be like stealing a car. Piracy is horrible and all the boats used by the pirate scum should be taken away. 2012/1/28 Laurelai

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-30 Thread Alex Buie
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Benjamin Kreuter ben.kreu...@gmail.com wrote: The best compromise I can think of is to treat noncommercial copyright infringement like a parking violation:  you get a ticket for some small but annoying amount of money. This is the best solution I've seen

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-30 Thread goatropinbastards
Saw this subject on the work email. Follow this list to learn random stuff ans stay informed, so thanks for all your posts and such. Also do the music thing, and I can tell you that if you ask ten musicians who write and record their own music, you'll get ten different answers. From

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-30 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:22:23 PST, Zach C. said: (Fair use being the main exception there, but fair use usually implies something distinctive being done to the work, too, as opposed to minor editing/shitty encoding. Feel free to correct!) Two of the major areas of fair use *are* minor

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-29 Thread Charles Morris
Dear Valdis and whoever else; The really ridiculous points are the following: A) Every time you execute/install/download a program you are committing evil data theft by not only copying secret or illegal information into RAM/Disk/Registers/Buffers/Busses/photons coming off the screen/human

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-29 Thread Ferenc Kovacs
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Charles Morris cmor...@cs.odu.edu wrote: Dear Valdis and whoever else; The really ridiculous points are the following: A) Every time you execute/install/download a program you are committing evil data theft by not only copying secret or illegal information

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-29 Thread coderman
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:26 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: ... For the record, all my media is legitimately acquired, i once saw Valdis rockin' out with headphones on - volume at 11, providing an unauthorized, non-personal broadcast of a copyright'ed composition to those near by. clearly

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-29 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:53:12 EST, Charles Morris said: A) Every time you execute/install/download a program you are committing evil data theft by not only copying Actually, at least in the US, the copy into RAM required to execute a program is already covered in 17 USC 117 (a)(1).

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-29 Thread Byron L. Sonne
The thing that makes me laugh about all of this, and one of the key things I learned from reading Gibbon's Decline Fall is this: The number and frequency of laws passed regarding things directly relates to how widespread these things are, and how they much the laws are ignored and ineffective.

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-29 Thread Christian Sciberras
Byron, you don't protest to the government by burning down 100-year-old business, if you know what I mean... On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Byron L. Sonne byron.so...@gmail.comwrote: The thing that makes me laugh about all of this, and one of the key things I learned from reading

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-29 Thread Mike Hale
What you said doesn't follow. Making a digital copy isn't burning down a business. The analogy linking 'piracy' with theft is ludicrous. On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Christian Sciberras uuf6...@gmail.com wrote: Byron, you don't protest to the government by burning down 100-year-old

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Laurelai
On this topic i saw this https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6960965/1970_Chevelle_Hot-Rod_3d_model , real question is would you download a car if you could? ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter:

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Laurelai
On 1/28/2012 3:13 PM, Julius Kivimäki wrote: Of course I wouldn't, downloading a car would be like stealing a car. Piracy is horrible and all the boats used by the pirate scum should be taken away. 2012/1/28 Laurelai laure...@oneechan.org mailto:laure...@oneechan.org On this topic i saw

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Christian Sciberras
Sadly you can't download routers and internet connections...especially without an internet connection. But I suppose you could be the regular joe and steal from your neighbours' bandwidth (it's a human right, remember? your neighbour doesn't have a right to keep the internets to himself!!!).

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Laurelai
On 1/28/2012 3:36 PM, Christian Sciberras wrote: Sadly you can't download routers and internet connections...especially without an internet connection. But I suppose you could be the regular joe and steal from your neighbours' bandwidth (it's a human right, remember? your neighbour

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:02:09 PST, Zach C. said: If you buy an album used, the seller generally loses possession of it, you gain possession of it at a reduced cost, and the original purchase still gave the original seller and producer value. Note that if I shoplift a CD that sucks and isn't

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Christian Sciberras
That has always been viewed from the consumer perspective. If you look at it from the producers' perspective, you'll see their right to withhold their creative content until you pay something back. While the terminology is not correct, it doesn't mean you can abuse it and expect people to waste

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Benjamin Kreuter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:02:09 -0800 Zach C. fxc...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 27, 2012 4:07 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:06:28 GMT, Michael Schmidt said: You want to be very careful with that line of thought. You

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Benjamin Kreuter
...@vt.edu Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 4:06 PM To: Michael Schmidt Cc: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:06:28 GMT, Michael Schmidt said: You want to be very careful with that line

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Benjamin Kreuter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:49:09 +0100 Christian Sciberras uuf6...@gmail.com wrote: That has always been viewed from the consumer perspective. Copyrights exist for consumers, at least according to the US constitution: The Congress shall have the

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Ferenc Kovacs
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:26 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:02:09 PST, Zach C. said: If you buy an album used, the seller generally loses possession of it, you gain possession of it at a reduced cost, and the original purchase still gave the original seller and

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Ferenc Kovacs
Another thing to note, if artists, software companies etc were so nice to actually want to give all this stuff for free, I'm pretty sure no one is forcing them to sell their content. So don't talk about the they're not loosing anything bullshit to me. Then tell me what they lost.  Can you

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Christian Sciberras
Copyrights exist for consumers, at least according to the US constitution: snip And? I'm talking about the simple fact that the producer has the right to earn money from his creation. Copyright is just a tool. Copyrights do not exist for the benefit of producers; that is only a means to an

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:30:21 +0100, Christian Sciberras said: Can you prove that a company/group can live on by handing out free copies of their song on the internet? How many companies out there do that? Actually, *most* bands that make money do so off the concert tours - tickets and tshirts

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Christian Sciberras
Actually, *most* bands that make money do so off the concert tours - tickets and tshirts is where the actual money is at, not the album sales. So why bother with album sales in the first place? This is the same with free/commercial software. At the end of the day the creator decides the

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-28 Thread Laurelai
On 1/28/2012 6:55 PM, Christian Sciberras wrote: Actually, *most* bands that make money do so off the concert tours - tickets and tshirts is where the actual money is at, not the album sales. So why bother with album sales in the first place? This is the same with free/commercial software.

[Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Jerry dePriest
im going to the 'benz dealer in the morning to express my 1st amendment right... The Somalians are learning the hard way that it just isnt so... bma___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Laurelai
On 1/27/2012 2:24 AM, Jerry dePriest wrote: im going to the 'benz dealer in the morning to express my 1st amendment right... The Somalians are learning the hard way that it just isnt so... bma ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Robert Kim App and Facebook Marketing
HAHAHAA... Well... it's hard to convince people that data piracy is the same as physical piracy! The think that if they CAN do somehting... they have the RIGHT to DO IT! As a content producer... I can't stand this sense of entitlement... but oh well... I've just gotta tranform with the times i

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Kai
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Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Laurelai
On 1/27/2012 3:01 AM, Robert Kim App and Facebook Marketing wrote: HAHAHAA... Well... it's hard to convince people that data piracy is the same as physical piracy! The think that if they CAN do somehting... they have the RIGHT to DO IT! As a content producer... I can't stand this sense of

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Laurelai
On 1/27/2012 3:29 AM, Vipul Agarwal wrote: Let's keep FD and Reddit apart! Regards, Vipul Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Kai k...@rhynn.net To: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk Subject: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom Date: Fri

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:01:31 +0900, Robert Kim App and Facebook Marketing said: As a content producer... I can't stand this sense of entitlement... but oh well... I've just gotta tranform with the times i guess! You may want to talk to your fellow content producers - and even more importantly,

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Michael Schmidt
12:51 AM To: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom On 1/27/2012 2:24 AM, Jerry dePriest wrote: im going to the 'benz dealer in the morning to express my 1st amendment right... The Somalians are learning the hard way

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Laurelai
-disclosure-boun...@lists.grok.org.uk] *On Behalf Of *Laurelai *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2012 12:51 AM *To:* full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk *Subject:* Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom On 1/27/2012 2:24 AM, Jerry dePriest wrote: im going to the 'benz

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:06:28 GMT, Michael Schmidt said: You want to be very careful with that line of thought. You are taking the creator the rightful owners profits, which they are entitled to if it is a product they created to be sold. You might want to go read Courtney Love Does The Math,

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Thor (Hammer of God)
did piracy/theft become expression of freedom On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:06:28 GMT, Michael Schmidt said: You want to be very careful with that line of thought. You are taking the creator the rightful owners profits, which they are entitled to if it is a product they created to be sold. You might

Re: [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

2012-01-27 Thread Zach C.
On Jan 27, 2012 4:07 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:06:28 GMT, Michael Schmidt said: You want to be very careful with that line of thought. You are taking the creator the rightful owners profits, which they are entitled to if it is a product they created to be