I'm not trolling, it is a harmful business model that antagonizes their users. We will disagree, and that's fine.
Re:Here's how I deal with users who steal
by nicolethenerd on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @05:02PM
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You disagree with people creating value and selling it for money? Genuinely curious, what is immoral about that?
Not at all. I consider it wholly inappropriate for people to be restricted from copying and sharing data, and believe copyright should be abolished for human good. Of course I'm ok with some speech restrictions for, say, privacy reasons.
Nothing about creating value and selling it for money requires that I be prohibited in my rights about what I'm allowed to do with digital works, be they considered property or thought. Unfortunately copyright holds us back in this regard and builds an economic environment predicated on this offense.
Selling things is harmful?
Re:Here's how I deal with users who steal
by dwaltrip on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @03:33AM
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Look at this beautiful statue I've made! I have put it in a public area for everyone to enjoy. You may even take pictures, however you must pay me $5 for each picture you take. If your print out multiple copies of your picture, you must send a check to my address with the payment for each additional copy.
Picture of statue = copy of software
Public area = internet
$5 per print fee = software license fee
I am not even sure if I fully believe my own analogy, but I find it interesting to think about.
I know you are trolling, but you made it a moral issue not me.