On Saturday 26 December 2009 23:39:52 Praveen A wrote: > 2009/12/24 jtd <[email protected]>: > > On Thursday 24 December 2009 21:36:10 Praveen A wrote: > >> Exactly. If they wanted to stop this practice they could - they > >> don't even have to go and catch all the illegal copies, one or > >> two high profile raids would do. > > > > And you decide what they do with their stuff?. Neat. > > There is a big if. I don't decide, I was just pointing out one > possibility. > > > As a principle of protest I would go all out and support some one > > who tells M$ that as a protest he is installing some M$ stuff and > > duke it out in the courts - Pirate Bay style. > > Pirate Bay didn't do that. Users of the site did it and they did > not accept the copyright violation charges. They did not do > anything as a protest, but there is someone who is doing exactly > like what you suggest for DRM
To clarify Pirate bay did fight in the courts against the charge of abetting copyright violations and earning from promoting such violations (ad revenue). Also Pirate bay was taken to court for abetting distribution of Music and video, not software (afaik). > > http://torrentfreak.com/o-break-the-law-091203/ This one is about circumventing DRM - exercising one's right to fair use -, not about redistribution or abetting redistribution - as the case with Pirate Bay. In the case of the person in the OP, he would simply have no leg to stand on, since he does not posses a licenced copy in the first place. > > > I am ready to bet Rs.1000/- that none of the M$ pirate users will > > ever do that. Would be interesting to know if any of them ever > > bothered to read an EULA. > > my contention was about using the language extremes that the likes > of Microsoft would like to use. My usage is irrespective of what M$ does or does not, simply because the violator deliberately chooses to deprive someone without the slightest hesitation. These guys are as bad as various GPL copyright violators. The underlying thought process is exactly the same - profiting from somebody else's labour without permission - and IMO such types will not hesitate to violate the GPL. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
