Originally posted by: Zion
So what you're saying is we should allow people - especially people who have fallen on hard times - to use our site as a springboard for selling their work along with everyone else's work? Yeah, there definitely aren't any flaws in that logic...
The question is - would you rather be hiring a defense attorney because you were caught bootlegging - or because you were using a copyrighted property without consent of the owner?
I like how you used "generally" as a means to side step the obvious intention that one is definite while the other is not.
Originally posted by: Jaiman TuckuhAs a practical matter, an editing/preservation site will be ignored or tolerated. A site that promotes, or even one that *knowingly* permits selling, will get shut down. You betcha. Try it sometime.
So what you're saying is we should allow people - especially people who have fallen on hard times - to use our site as a springboard for selling their work along with everyone else's work? Yeah, there definitely aren't any flaws in that logic...
The question is - would you rather be hiring a defense attorney because you were caught bootlegging - or because you were using a copyrighted property without consent of the owner?
Originally posted by: Jaiman TuckuhFirst off, trading or filesharing isn't "just as illegal" as selling. The former is generally civil. The latter is criminal.
I like how you used "generally" as a means to side step the obvious intention that one is definite while the other is not.
Originally posted by: Jaiman TuckuhAs a practical matter, an editing/preservation site will be ignored or tolerated. A site that promotes, or even one that *knowingly* permits selling, will get shut down. You betcha. Try it sometime.
So the fact what you are party to is simply LESS illegal than outright bootlegging makes you an honest human being? Yes, I can see a judge rolling his eyes at that line of logic.
Again, what it does boil down to is that OCP did break the rules for this forum. I cannot justify nor defend his actions, as he's the one that signed whatever it is when he registered to be a user. That is his own doing and theres nothing anyone can do to change his action.
What he did was stupid because he broke obvious forum rules. What he did was stupid because he got caught. What he did was stupid because he tried to make a defense for it.