Comments on: The Last Non-Pirate http://www.williamandnadia.com/blog/2007/07/31/the-last-non-pirate/ Games, Crafts and Life. Lots of cats too. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Tito http://www.williamandnadia.com/blog/2007/07/31/the-last-non-pirate/comment-page-1/#comment-48715 Tito Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:35:26 +0000 http://williamandnadia.com/blog/2007/07/31/the-last-non-pirate/#comment-48715 I'm not going to say that you're taking it too personally. If it's how you feel then it's how you feel. I've always known that you were totally against piracy, but I never really knew how strongly you felt about it. I'm not going to express my opinion on the matter cuz I don't want the internet cops knocking my door down courtesy of Narco Free and a $12 informant commission. lol I’m not going to say that you’re taking it too personally. If it’s how you feel then it’s how you feel. I’ve always known that you were totally against piracy, but I never really knew how strongly you felt about it. I’m not going to express my opinion on the matter cuz I don’t want the internet cops knocking my door down courtesy of Narco Free and a $12 informant commission. lol

]]> By: Free http://www.williamandnadia.com/blog/2007/07/31/the-last-non-pirate/comment-page-1/#comment-48384 Free Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:17:17 +0000 http://williamandnadia.com/blog/2007/07/31/the-last-non-pirate/#comment-48384 Now I know you're busy as hell Now I know you’re busy as hell

]]> By: Joe Grossberg http://www.williamandnadia.com/blog/2007/07/31/the-last-non-pirate/comment-page-1/#comment-45706 Joe Grossberg Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:24:32 +0000 http://williamandnadia.com/blog/2007/07/31/the-last-non-pirate/#comment-45706 Without getting into the debate about whether or not IP is "real" property and subject to the same rules, I will say that you're doing is something totally different. The work you're doing is: * per a specific customer's request * to meet a specific customer's specific needs * with the expectation that they, and they alone, will pay for it If you were making video games or other shrinkwrap software, or even a closed-source CMS, it might (I still say "no") be another story. But for the vast majority of the stuff you're working on, so-called piracy is irrelevant. So you're definitely taking it too personally, on that level. Without getting into the debate about whether or not IP is “real” property and subject to the same rules, I will say that you’re doing is something totally different.

The work you’re doing is:
* per a specific customer’s request
* to meet a specific customer’s specific needs
* with the expectation that they, and they alone, will pay for it

If you were making video games or other shrinkwrap software, or even a closed-source CMS, it might (I still say “no”) be another story.

But for the vast majority of the stuff you’re working on, so-called piracy is irrelevant. So you’re definitely taking it too personally, on that level.

]]> By: Free http://www.williamandnadia.com/blog/2007/07/31/the-last-non-pirate/comment-page-1/#comment-45539 Free Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:58:03 +0000 http://williamandnadia.com/blog/2007/07/31/the-last-non-pirate/#comment-45539 Does this bother me? Yes and No. Yes- it bothers me because I'm being made an ass of on a day to day basis. For example, I just brought a 2007 Suzuki Gsxr1000 Super sportsbike ($12,500.00) this morning and by midday, after driving off the lot, a buddy (saying that loosly) of mine comes along and said he just stole one($0.00), brought a clean frame and title ($1500.00) off a salvage yard, and is about to transfer everthing. Thus giving him the same bike, that I just spent over 12g's for, for a less than 10% of my cost. That bothers me. Your arguemnt is well noted but comparing it everyday stuff like cars and people's belongsing can get crazy. thats why we have something call security to stop pirates, theives, and hackers to get to out things. The example above bothers me extremly and affects everyone one way or the other. Its just not right. Maybe there's a way to ban people from taking codes that you spent so many hour developing, maybe theres a security system out there that can protect your work. No-It dosen't bother me because of he above mentioned example, I made a call to the cops, and got $1200.00 for tuning the bastard in. Hehehe. To each his own. i for one don't feel that the cycle is correct if its pirated or copied. I feel that it can fail on my at any time. And that would be cool if you could wrie a code with a half life encrypted in it. That if its copied or duplicated, then the code rearranges it self and they get nothing, jack, zelch, nada, zero, etc....you get my point. Does this bother me? Yes and No.

Yes- it bothers me because I’m being made an ass of on a day to day basis. For example, I just brought a 2007 Suzuki Gsxr1000 Super sportsbike ($12,500.00) this morning and by midday, after driving off the lot, a buddy (saying that loosly) of mine comes along and said he just stole one($0.00), brought a clean frame and title ($1500.00) off a salvage yard, and is about to transfer everthing. Thus giving him the same bike, that I just spent over 12g’s for, for a less than 10% of my cost. That bothers me.
Your arguemnt is well noted but comparing it everyday stuff like cars and people’s belongsing can get crazy. thats why we have something call security to stop pirates, theives, and hackers to get to out things. The example above bothers me extremly and affects everyone one way or the other. Its just not right.
Maybe there’s a way to ban people from taking codes that you spent so many hour developing, maybe theres a security system out there that can protect your work.

No-It dosen’t bother me because of he above mentioned example, I made a call to the cops, and got $1200.00 for tuning the bastard in. Hehehe.

To each his own. i for one don’t feel that the cycle is correct if its pirated or copied. I feel that it can fail on my at any time. And that would be cool if you could wrie a code with a half life encrypted in it. That if its copied or duplicated, then the code rearranges it self and they get nothing, jack, zelch, nada, zero, etc….you get my point.

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