On Sunday 22 July 2007 23:05, Ryan A wrote: > Let me give you an example, "Adam" buys your book/cd/ or a video, > "rips" it into digital format and uploads it onto...say... thepiratebay > (since thats where you found your book's links) Adam does not make a > cent by doing so,
Not exactly, Adam's payback is that he hopes others do the same, so where he uploaded one item, he is able to download hundreds and thousands of items that others have uploaded. Kind of like how Free software works - most contributors make relatively small contributions and receive no financial remuneration, their payback is a whole diverse spectrum of FOSS. -- Crayon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
