Please don't. I find it to be a very educational discussion. If you don't want to read it further, exercise your finger on the delete key, please.
-ste On Nov 19, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Michael Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > WTF? > > ""You keep mentioning laws in your country, but that is irrelevant and > immaterial."" -- melanie > > In all seriousness, this thread is the typical dead horse. With more than its > share of > arm chair lawyers. So how about we keep beating it, and see where it winds up? > > Can we put this thread on *MUTE* please? > > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Melanie <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 19/11/2012 22:51, Snowcrash Short wrote: >> > Theft is a criminal act punishable by law, and illegal acquisition or >> > distribution of immaterial property (typically IP) is theft, what you are >> > referring to is "breach of contract" and requires that a contract has been >> > entered into by both parties. If no contract has been made made - in my >> > country it must be entered into explicitly - there cannot be a "breach of >> > contract". >> >> Theft of IP occurs when you obtain copies of IP in ways not licensed >> by the creator. This is a criminal offense. Additionally, you incur >> civil liability through breach of contract, which is what the TOS >> are. In Avination, you cannot log in without accepting the TOS, >> which means you have entered into this contract and are bound by it. >> >> Therefore, downloading content from Avination will open you up to >> both criminal and civil penalties. >> >> You keep mentioning laws in your country, but that is irrelevant and >> immaterial. Most infringers are not from your country. If most >> infringers were from a single country, that country could be IP >> blocked and we'd have no more problems. Sadly, infringers are all >> over and that means that, due to statistical distribution, most >> infringers are not covered by your country's laws. >> >> Let me state this here for the record: I do not believe that anyone >> here is accusing you personally of infringing copyright. I certainly >> do not accuse you of such a thing. We are concerned, as a community, >> that your tool will remove a barrier to entry for copybotters. They >> will no longer need to learn complex toolsets. That is the risk >> we're seeing and that is why some of the posters on this thread have >> started thinking aloud about blocking technologies. >> >> I have hinted at it before people started saying it outright - isn't >> it better to have an accepted, community-supported tool than to have >> a banned tool? >> >> - Melanie >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
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