Should we reserve respect only for who we agree with?
What do we loose if we deny (even big companies) due process?


Sam.

random at argle.org wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Sam MacDonald wrote:
>
>> I'm going to get flamed for this!
>>
>> If the copy write says they should not reverse engineer the game or 
>> change it in any way, explain to me why the company in question 
>> should not stand up for their rights?
>
>
> Because Copyright doesn't say that. It isn't one of their rights.
> Copyright is exactly what it says: Copy Right, the right to make and 
> distribute
> copies of a written or recorded work. Specifically granted in the US 
> Constitution for
> the promotion of the advancement of Arts and Sciences. NOT to protect 
> "Artistic Integrity" or long term profits, but to encourage the
> creation of new works.
>
>
>> The idea that "this is just a game" isn't acceptable when the product 
>> is not open source. From what I've read this is a closed source 
>> program not an open source program. What we need to recognize is, in 
>> the United States everyone has a right to due process. If we agree or 
>> not with what someone does, they have a right to due process.
>>
> Yes, everyone has a right to due process. It is the big corporations 
> that are trying to deny that right to everyone else. Due process is 
> bad for profits, yaknow.
>
>> Even SCO has the right, but they must produce evidence that I don't 
>> think they have and it looks like a judge is saying the same thing.  
>> Remember SCO gets lots of money from M$.
>>
> Yep, and if any Linux developer discovered a copyright violation a patch
> to remedy the situation would accompany the announcement of the 
> discovery.
>
>> Doom, Quake, Call of Duty, and others have many mods for the original 
>> games, but the people who make the games said making the mods is cool.
>>
> But they didn't have to. Mods predated Doom, and are perfectly legal 
> as long
> as they are distributed as diffs against the original work.
>
>> Yes contribute to EFF, yes stand up for what we believe in, but we 
>> must let others do the same no mater what we think.
>>
> We must also call people on it when they are trying to claim "rights" 
> that they
> do not have. Don't let people take advantage of you just because they 
> have Italian suits and talk pretty legalese.
>
>



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