[opensource-dev] oh give me a break

Peter Swales peter.swales at gmail.com
Mon Mar 15 16:30:24 PDT 2010


Just to clarify, I only do stuff I create, just trying to say not all users
of copy programs do it to steal in any shape or form

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Peter Swales <peter.swales at gmail.com>wrote:

> As someone who uses a declawed copybot (limited to my own created items
> only) to copy from main grid to my openserver and back I find what New Hax
> is saying disgusting, People make valid real money off what they make, just
> because it is in ones and zeroes makes no difference, an apple is just
> protons and electrons, it is how they are put together (if you excuse the
> rather bad analogy XD) you have no right to steal the product because of
> what medium it is in.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Maya Remblai <
> snowfox102 at dragonkeepcreations.com> wrote:
>
>> Hm, yes, I suppose that is true. My mind works mostly in absolutes, it's
>> easier to just count all the stolen freebies as lost sales. You're
>> right, however. My mistake. It was probably fueled by my general bad
>> feelings about the incident, because I DO use my earnings in the real
>> world, and I also have a strong sense of justice. It bothers me more
>> than it should when someone can steal content and go virtually
>> unpunished. Even the first thief who was permabanned was back with an
>> alt right away.
>>
>> Maya
>>
>> Carlo Wood wrote:
>> > Not entirely true, first of all, he didn't steal any money from
>> > you, nor any goods; unless you suddenly saw a significant drop
>> > in revenue then nothing really happened, financially spoken.
>> >
>> > It certainly isn't true that if he did NOT give that box to
>> > those ten people that all ten would have come to you and spend
>> > L$ 40,000 in your shop.
>> >
>> > In fact, most people spend a fixed amount of money in SL. If
>> > they get anything for free on top of that, it doesn't cause
>> > them to spend less real money.
>> >
>> > So, surely, you didn't get any MORE money because of this..
>> > but you didn't *lose* $1500 either, not even a fraction of that.
>> >
>> >
>>
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> --
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> ,s-\b([01]+) ?-pack"B*",$1-ge,y.ajzges}mqo{hrkxypibuw|vntfdc at PX\\^_OGCA.
> `-z0-9.,s-([\n`]{8})-$_=$1;y;\n`;01;;pack"B*",$_-ge)'
>



-- 
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