Oh joy! Another first class response from aiOtron,a turn of phrase
that never fails to brighten my day.
On intelectual rights unless express permision is granted by the
holder of those rights I tend to think it stealing when unauthorised copys are made for distribution.
But as ever these things can be rather grey areas and obviously have nothing against personal copies etc.
Music downloads can certainly act as sales incentives.
But the long and short of it most products cost money to develop
and produce,someone has to pay for this.
What would people here think of a competitor who competes in
the hifi industry by taking the exact design of one of their fellows
and passing it of as their own?
It is still theft of intelectual property.
I realize people here are not advocating such exstremes ,but I
remember an individual in another thread who viewed ,music ,
software etc as information and therefore being 'information'
that should be 'free' to all to do with as they wish.
This is all very well if you are a consumer but what of the originator of that 'information' ,the time and effort knowledge
experience etc to create that new 'information' is certainly not
free.
We all need our jobs of work.
whilst large company such as Sony etc can elicit less than favourable comment or sympathy at times ,they do indeed employ
these individuals and they need paying with money,and that
certainly ain't free!
I personally Like most people do not enjoy forking out large sums
of money for stuff but hell I also expect to be paid for my work.
As with anything I think the correct balance has to be struck here.
Setmenu
Team say the bloody obvious
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