Re: [PLUG] OT OSX Leopard v10.5

[Toby DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net>]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 01:03:57AM -0400, Matthew Rosewarne wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 October 2007, Brian Vagnoni wrote:
> > For those of you who believe all software should be free, and don't care by
> > what means they achieve this goal. FYI:  OSX Leopard is available for
> > download on USENET now. Use it before RIAA(Evil Empire the Sequel; play
> > theme music in e minor)  makes it disappear forever.
> >
> > I can neither confirm nor deny using USENET, ahhh, ahhh, a friend told me;
> > yeah that's the ticket :)
> 
> While it may not concern some, respect for copyright is an integral part of 
> Free software's history of success.  Please don't advocate the illegal 
> copying of unlicensed software on the list, it reflects poorly on all of us 
> here.
> 
> Also worth noting is that the RIAA, nasty as they may be, won't be doing 
> anything about illegal software on USENET.  i

Very true about the RIAA. 'RIAA' == 'Recording Industry Association of 
America' which, believe it or not, used to be a good thing for recording
artists. Just ask Tom Petty.

> Apple, its partners, and its lobbying groups are just as belligerent as 
> the RIAA when it comes to you sharing their software.  That is something 
> to keep in mind the next time you have the choice of supporting them by 
> buying their products.

Why would I care about that if I'm going to *buy* their products? If I'm
a legal customer, I don't have to care what they do to the guys who
download their stuff off of USENET illegally. As a member of the market, I
decide whether or not its worth it and then buy it or not. Part of my
purchase decision is never what they are going to do to some kid in his
basement for downloading the thing I'm buying from some POP in Finland. I
only care about that if *I* am going to try that move.

Besides, your statement is patently false, in that everyone in software
knows that a certain amount of piracy is not only tolerated but actually
good for the upstream creators of the software being pirated (for market
share purposes). The software piracy "lobby" is also mainly Microsoft, not 
Apple. Apple is a hardware company, after all, not a software company.

Also, if Free Software cares so much about copyright, then its proponents 
can't really get upset when others enforce their own copyrights, as the 
GPL-bangers are just dying to get the chance to do one day.

-- 
Toby DiPasquale
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