Care to justify that statement and enlighten us as to what this "hidden agenda" is? Preferably in English if you don't mind.
Well, it seems that by downloading Ubuntu via torrent I have a hidden agenda?
Care to justify that statement and enlighten us as to what this "hidden agenda" is? Preferably in English if you don't mind.
Silly question, but why would you download free software from a torrent and not the official website? Does it make the download faster or more reliable?
its people that d/l cause high prices for the rest of us there is no need to d/l when u can rent if not locally then via the internet.
Silly question, but why would you download free software from a torrent and not the official website? Does it make the download faster or more reliable?
Silly question, but why would you download free software from a torrent and not the official website? Does it make the download faster or more reliable?
a lot of official sites use Bittorrent technology to distribute it's software to save on bandwidth, many Linux distros are done this way as well as a lot of Podcasts as it saves a lot of money
I agree with him partly, you break the law and steal copyrighted material (whatever your ideological thoughts on the matter are, the law says it's not on)
The the law also says it's not stealing, so you shouldn't call it that if your using the law in your argument![]()
Copyright theft is a common term used in relation to contravention of the Copyright, designs and Patents Act, so yes, he can use stealing in a general sense
Burnsy
You cannot just equate it to "theft".
In common usage you can. Theft/stealing as defined by the OED is "take (something) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it"
Isn't that exactly what a copyright infringement is?
Burnsy
No as you are not "taking" something, you are copying it, it is closer to forgery than theft.
Also copyright infringement is a civil case, theft is criminal, so it shows the clear and separate degrees of seriousness.
In common usage you can. Theft/stealing as defined by the OED is "take (something) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it"
Isn't that exactly what a copyright infringement is?
Edit: even in a legal sense intellectual property is considered intangible property that can be stolen.
That's debatable. Depends on your definition of 'take', one of which is to "gain possession".
Burnsy
No. You can copy an idea, but you cannot "steal" it, since you're not depriving the other person of the said idea. If you copy the patented process to make a particular compound, it doesnt mean that the owner of that patent can no longer manufacture the compound. All you've done is to deprive him of royalties, which itself is the crime. There is a very important distinction to be made between the two.
Possession hasnt changed hands. Both now "possess" the said item, since there are now 2 items.
Havent read too much of the thread so probably been mentioned but to the op couldnt you just buy the real game if youre paranoid and claim backup rights or summat? Or would that just not work?![]()