Pirated Amiga software on ebay

[stefcep2]

If you can't buy the software NEW then the copyright owner can never receive payment.  The only time they copyright owner gets paid is when they do a wholesale sell to the retailer.  Or if they sell it to you directly.

If the copyright owner can never receive payment, they can't ever have "lost money" for their hard work.

 Its why software distributers don't like second hand traders like EB.  Copyright owners would love it if software was tied to a single machine forever, and not by licence agreements but by some physical means (even better if it was tied to the same person on the same machine).  That way no second hand sales would be possible.

Maybe its morally wrong.

Reality is I'd wager 90% of people on this forum and anyone who owns a computer has at least ONE piece of software the copyright hasn't been paid for.  And probably a lot more.

[stefcep2]

Just been thinking... why do we all get so worked up about copyright infringement, Amiga Vs PC etc... etc...

I mean does any of the views or opinions we all express here really matter or have an effect on anything that goes on in the world...

Were Born, We Live, We Die...

Everything we do in life for 99% of us is really nothing more than passing the time until the day comes when we kick the bucket. All the things we've said and done soon gets lost forever with the passage of time.

Having said that and if nothing really matters, then I say sod the moral majority and the Amiga Copyright Mafia, lets all start flouting the copyright laws, lets all overload ebay with pirated software and argue the toss about which machines the best, at least it passes the time until we all meet the inevitable...

You know i sometimes think about the (probable) years of my life that I have spent on forums like this engaing in debates like this certain in the knowledge it will amount to naught.

[stefcep2]

Given that attitude, might as well just put a gun to your head, mate, and sod ever coming to a different perspective or maybe swaying others to see yours.  Seriously, discussion and debate in any forum or venue is valuable.  With the exception of trolls and trolling, which qualify as neither discussion nor debate.

Personally, I am not here to while away my time before I become worm food.  I am here to participate, exchange information, exchange interpretations and perspectives with others, maybe even learn something.

Anyone who cannot get into the swing thereof, or has some despotic stance against, really should just delete his or her account and head off elsewhere.  Or just lurk more and wag your head back and forth about the morons wasting time talking to each other.  I mean, sheesh, stupid humans.

Look, the fact is that in most cases you're unlikely to change anyone's opinion by engaging in an internet debate.  It happens sometimes but usually it doesn't.  The vast majority of posters just want to have their opinion seen and heard.

Take this thread: who has changed their stance on pirating old software because of the views presented by anyone else?

OTOH Help forums/threads are different.

[stefcep2]

Most analogue speedos are accurate to within around 10% (+/- 5%) of actual, which can be further made even less accurate depending on the angle you look at it (for instance if you're exceptionally tall or if you have your seat laid right back.

So in practice, you really can do 40 in a 35 and not know it.

Try telling the magistrate that and see how far you get.

Anyway, it only really matters if you get caught.  In which case, the police's measurements allow a margin for error anyway.