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Software:I love free-as-in-freedom software. Permissiveness, that's where it's at. Anything I program or create is always free too, GPL or CC-BY-SA (kieranmelroe.com/downloads). I budget ~$20 per month to donate to various worthy causes, such as free-software developers, ... Piracy .
I also spend a lot of time thinking about software. Futile attempts to stop piracy, ignorant politicians that let innovation stifle, broken and unfair laws, and decent laws that judges overlook and let offenders go free are a few examples.
Piracy is a mean of freedom of speech and free culture . It's not about legality, it's about politics and freedom.On computing :Microsoft is the whore of Babylon, and Bill Gates is the Antichrist. Free Software (free as in freedom) is the only way towards world development in the information age.
I like piracy ....both of the high seas and software varieties.
What�s all the BS Ay?
It�s not corporate
policy for the software giants to care, but they can�t stop the
pirates. Those wonderful video adverts that claim that software
piracy is holding back technology and advancement couldn�t be
further off the mark. Software Piracy and the free transmission of
source code and
Old yet still very informative
manager refused to deny
that fighting piracy was a goal: `Helping people to run stolen
software just isn't our aim in life', he said. The mechanisms now
proposed are more subtle, though. TC will protect application
software registration mechanisms, so that unlicensed software will
be locked out of
Thoughts on intellectual property & entitlement
Yet reasonable people,
even people who think that software piracy or theft of music is OK,
would draw the line at this sort of behavior.
"Copying" music you own is "stealing"
Source: Ars Technica: Sony BMG's chief anti-piracy lawyer:
"Copying" music you own is "stealing" Duluth, Minnesota — Testimony
today in Capitol ... Indeed, most portable music players comes with software
(like iTunes) which is designed to facilitate the easy ripping of
CDs.
A perfect topic for a site run by clear headed geeks
Microsoft claims that they encrypt all functions of their operating
systems to protect their software from piracy and theft (they claim
to not want others to steal what they stole) but despite this,
encryption of every operation does not make sense.
File-sharing
Software companies can find ways to fix it
themselves and have file sharing as legal (sponsors like I said).
For example some company makes some software. Now instead of not
making half the money they should because of piracy they could grab
sponsors to fill their boring install screen.
The Pirate Bay: Heroes or Villains?
In the
meantime, companies like EA who are including ridiculous install
limits, forced periodic activation and permanent, unremovable
software installs have dealt with lower sales, class action
lawsuits and rougly the same piracy rates.
