torrentfreak.com — After two weeks of live broadcasted hearings on the Internet, the ‘Spectrial’ is coming to an end. This week both parties presented their closing statements to the court. Time for us to weigh up developments so far and look forward to the verdict.
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eanbowmanMar 3, 2009
So by your logic if he's going to make an argument from analogy, then he would best compare it to the projectile weapon casing. It can hold either a buller or for sake of argument a charge meant for sending a nail into a piece of wood. What was it designed for? Sending a bullet at the person you wish to kill. Does it have a possible good use? Yes.Even people who sell deadly weapons aren't held responsible for the people killed with the bullets they sell. :P
Closed AccountMar 4, 2009
It does that with regularity and has done for a year at least.Are you using FF on Linux? I am..
alpha88Mar 5, 2009
@TheTikiTony:You really need to read what I wrote again. You're just not getting it.And sepelester is right, it helps the software industry too. People download Photoshop for free when they're young, and years later when they're getting a job somewhere, they already have some skills in Photoshop and get paid for work, and buy the software. Even more years go by and now they have their own business, they know how to use Photoshop so they use it as their software of choice, the chain continues. Brand loyalty through piracy.
watfegMar 5, 2009
i agree completely with alpha88. musicians that are trying to get their start nowadays don't spam record companies with demos, they try and get people to download their music for free. Theres a massive amount of "record labels" that are only host sites for people to download free music.this argument gets a little weaker when adding the software part to it, as people will steal it over and over again if they can. with online games, its easier for them to stop it (the need for unique confirmed keycodes), but with things like photoshop, fruity loops, nero, etc. that you enter the code once and never have to connect to a network, its easy for people to get it now and get it again when the new version gets cracked.
thetikitonyMar 13, 2009
You aren't listening to what I'm saying, at all. YOU ARE PART OF THE MINORITY. MOST PEOPLE PIRATE TO PIRATE. You simply don't see how little people really care. MOST PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS, THEY DOWNLOAD IT FREE, AND DON'T SEE WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT. Simple as that... seriously, if you don't that's great but it's besides the point.