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[Vieo]

First off, what makes someone a pirate? Downloading "stuff" they didn't pay for? Downloading stuff they didn't pay for and distributing it? Downloading stuff they didn't pay and distributing it for a fee? or Hacking stuff so you can use it without paying?

 

[Diablos]

Oh boy.

 

[Mr Gump]

Id say all of them, but oh well.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Distrobution is copying, and downloading is copying. So they are both 'piracy'.

 

[cloudwalking]

First off, what makes someone a pirate?

If they wear a big black hat with a skull and crossbones, an eyepatch, and have a pet parrot, preferably named "Polly."

In all seriousness, though, the dictionary definition of "piracy" is: The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material: software piracy

I guess just distributing it doesn't make you a pirate.

 

[Kon Tiki]

If they wear a big black hat with a skull and crossbones, an eyepatch, and have a pet parrot, preferably named "Polly."

In all seriousness, though, the dictionary definition of "piracy" is: The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material: software piracy

I guess just distributing it doesn't make you a pirate.

How exactly can you distro is without making a copy?

 

[cloudwalking]

How exactly can you distro is without making a copy?

Yeah, I was thinking that, as well. Most people who have pirated material intend to use it, too, and it gets distributed over, for instance, P2P programs. I guess it's possible to distribute something you never copied yourself or used, but pretty unlikely.

 

[Tarazet]

I'm anti-piracy. With that said, being a musician, even I have to photocopy expensive foreign-printed scores, and I do so despite the "Fotokopieren verboten" tag at the top.

 

[Phoenix]

First off, what makes someone a pirate? Downloading "stuff" they didn't pay for? Downloading stuff they didn't pay for and distributing it? Downloading stuff they didn't pay and distributing it for a fee? or Hacking stuff so you can use it without paying?

Piracy == violation of copyright

Copyright - the rights to copy or distribute the works of another. US legal code requires this to be done in writing. Without this, you have no rights to make copies of someone else's works. "Exception" fair use. You are permitted to make a copy of a work you purchase for your own personal use because that would be fair so that you can have backups in case your original copy is destroyed, or to transfer it onto a different medium so that you can continue to view/use it in case of technological obsolescence.

As such:

Downloading stuff you didn't pay for - not specifically. You become an accessory to a crime, but you aren't the one actually doing the copying. Unless of course you're in a peer to peer environment in which case you are both downloading AND distributing so you're guity of two crimes simultaneously.

Downloading stuff they didn't pay for and distributing it? Yes, because you are directly violating copyright.

Downloading stuff they didn't pay and distributing it for a fee? An even worse crime because not only have you stolen wares, you're fencing them.

Hacking stuff so you can use it without paying? This doesn't make you a pirate, it makes you a hacker. If you're just using someone elses hack to get past copy protection, it makes you a criminal in the US under DMCA.

 

[Boogie]

Arrrrrrr you a pirate?

No. I am a ninja.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Downloading stuff you didn't pay for - not specifically. You become an accessory to a crime, but you aren't the one actually doing the copying.

Weird question. Is copying a copy a violation of the copyright? If so, then download is copying (copying the copy to your hdd).

 

[etiolate]

Yes I am.

 

[Boogie]

Yes I am.

:lol, that's awesome, etiolate

 

[anotheriori]

No. I am a ninja.

dammit you beat me!

well then.. I'm a lumbarjack!

 

[Lyte Edge]

Would it be possible to be a NINJA PIRATE (or PIRATE NINJA), or is such a thing just impossible?

And what the hell is this ? Someone trying to rip off Maddox?

 

[Boogie]

Would it be possible to be a NINJA PIRATE (or PIRATE NINJA), or is such a thing just impossible?

No, such creatures are abominations to the ways of both the ninjas and the pirates.

And what the hell is this ? Someone trying to rip off Maddox?

I dunno, I got a kick out of the fact that he acknowledges Maddox by calling his site "the second best page in the universe" :lol

 

[Jim Bowie]

Would it be possible to be a NINJA PIRATE (or PIRATE NINJA), or is such a thing just impossible?

http://www.realultimatepower.net/

All your questions are answered.

 

[Flynn]

I don't call what's going on on the internet right now piracy.

We're using a distribution system for media that they haven't figured out how to "monetize."

That's not piracy, it's lazy business.

We're knocking down the front door of a store that they haven't even bothered to hire clerks for. Half of them don't know where the store is.

 

[keeblerdrow]

September 19, bitches.



September 19.