DoomMaster auctions. LOL

[Framiga]

Hi

just for curiosity . . .and if he has a Dynamic IP connection?

Ciao

[restore2003]

@Framiga:

It can still be traced back to him, the isp stores all ip information, who`s had that ip that day etc etc

[pixie]

@KennyR:
He owns... the media where it's burnt.

I can't download a Linux distro, burn it and sell it on the street, for instance. It's still illegal.

Yeah, I would give away CDs... they would be free as in speech... even PD authors allowed PD houses to charge above disk prices. And not forgueting, this is a bid, if people want to pay for a 0.30€ CD-R about 500€ they can!

[Madgun68]

What he is doing is NOT illegal because the software that he burns to the Mini-CDs are all freeware or abandonware.

Sorry, but you are incorrect. They most certainly are illegal.

"Abandonware" is a funny term. For some reason, some idiot got it in his head that if a company chooses to no longer distribute or support one of their products, it has been abandoned and anyone can copy it. What a bunch of crap! A company doesn't lose the rights to software just because it isn't sold or supported. This means that unless you get specific permission from the owner of said rights, you are indeed in violation of copyright law for distributing or illegitimately owning that software.

I should also like to point out that just because a piece of software is freeware or pd does NOT mean that said software doesn't/can't have restrictions to its use or distribution.

So.. What DoomMaster is doing is illegal.. I'm not an anti-piracy advocate, but anyone dumb enough to try to profit from it publicly (such as on ebay) deserves what misery may befall him.

[pixie]

restore2003 wrote:

He stated in this farewell notes that he was a former pirate

I find it funny, not even resembling reality just rambling.

Yeah, I really belived he was  on 'THE largest software pirate organization in the world'...

[Framiga]

Hi restore2003,

by restore2003 on 2004/1/3 17:12:49

@Framiga:

It can still be traced back to him, the isp stores all ip information, who`s had that ip that day etc etc

yes i know that the ISP can do it but . . .can  AOrg?

I hope not :-)

Ciao

[Ilwrath]

Hmm.... I totally agree with mjg59 and madgun68.  Clearly this is profitting by a blatent disregard for copyright.  

Its a rare day that I manage to come down on the Anti-Piracy side of an argument, but this really scrapes the bottom of the barrel.  By SELLING those disks, you are violating the current ACTIVE licensing terms.  It's no better than selling copies of Norton Anti-Virus 2004.  Both have VALID, ACTIVE LICENSES limiting their distribution.  I'm saddened that anyone would be sick enough to buy these items.  (Then again, there is no end to the sickness in the Amiga community lately.)

Just because an item is free from one place, it does not mean you can repackage it and sell it elsewhere for a personal profit without permission.

[KennyR]

Pixie wrote:
And not forgueting, this is a bid, if people want to pay for a 0.30¤ CD-R about 500¤ they can!

And if I decided to sell free UN food aid packages for money and let people bid for them, they could. But I'd still be a criminal.

[iamaboringperson]

What if TheComputerFanatic is actually DoomMaster?

What a lunatic!

[mjg59]

mikeymike wrote:
Yes you can, but you can only charge for your service of burning the CD, ie. a couple of quid.  That's perfectly legal, but under the GPL only.  This doesn't apply for most software.

The GPL actually allows you to sell software for any cost - however, if you provide binaries and not source, then you must be willing to provide the source for nothing other than media and copying costs (or provide an FTP site or something). Debian expressly requires that people be able to sell any software it provides for any amount of money they want to, but given that you can download it for free there's not a lot of incentive to do so...

[mikeymike]

DoomMaster,



Remember, next time you email me, you need to edit Outlook Express's settings!

[iamaboringperson]

mikeymike wrote:
DoomMaster,



Remember, next time you email me, you need to edit Outlook Express's settings!

:roflmao:

[KennyR]

:lol:

Careful Mike, he's an uberhacker and can put a trojan in your server and melt your computer!

[Linchpin]

HAHAHA oh my god...

this gets better day by day!!!!!!

[Piru]

@DoomMaster

Seek help. You certainly seem to have a problem with multiple personalities.

[iamaboringperson]

:lol: