Comments on: Eight news stories 10.7

By: codemaster

codemaster — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:48:01 +0000

Bruce – getting a result from typing two words into google isn’t conclusive evidence of anything I’m afraid. In the UK theft is : “dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with the intent to permanently deprive” – so legally copyright is *not* theft, and hence why it isn’t ever prosecuted as such. I like your blog Bruce, but please, you can only hold the high ground so long as you remain accurate. Stealing is not when you don’t pay someone for their work, nor is downloading an MP3 you didn’t pay for. You may wish it otherwise, both activities may be illegal, however theft it ain’t.

By: Zax

Zax — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:55:24 +0000

I'd be surprised if the next generation of X360 was that under powered - here is a better guesstimate.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:31:48 +0000

Being precise, stealing means theft and IP theft is well established in the English language. Just type IP theft into Google and you get things like: http://www.wordspy.com/words/IPtheft.asp

So if you download an unpaid for MP3 then you are a thief. Stealing is when you don’t pay someone for their work. Whether that work is something physical or IP doesn’t matter.

By: codemaster

codemaster — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:45:23 +0000

Yeah Bruce – you are starting to sound like Daily Mail writer now. Lets keep it factual. Don’t use figures that are guesses. And lets be precise on terms. There is no stealing involved in copying a game, no more then its funding terrorism. I work in the industry and have a vested interest in seeing this stamped out, but to me copyright violation is a lesser evil then misinforming the public (I’m looking at you, F.A.C.T.).

By: rckt42

rckt42 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:41:00 +0000

“I know that one in a hundred modchip owners has a legitimate excuse for using one. But still the other 99% of modchip users are only interested in stealing.”

Yeah, because I’m sure that you went and completed an study, and asked everyone with a modchip what were they using it for, right?.

Homebrew is bigger than you think, and many people install them just to play games from other regions.

Oh, and once again, “pirating” is not stealing. Not that I’m defending it, but let’s talk properly.