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| For the Love of Radio Controlled Aircraft in the US, New Rules Possible. |
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| BravoV:
--- Quote from: angrybird on March 06, 2020, 02:19:00 pm ---BravoV, I'm sorry that we are having trouble communicating, I don't know what to say. --- End quote --- Then STFU ... |
| angrybird:
Uhhh.... No coffee today? |
| metrologist:
--- Quote from: angrybird on March 06, 2020, 01:37:54 pm ---This coming from a guy on a forum where people openly endorse and participate in... --- End quote --- You realize that you are a guy on the same forum, right? And I fail to see the relevance of your point. |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: angrybird on March 06, 2020, 02:01:22 pm ---There is an obvious difference between flying your R/C helicopter over your private property against "regulation", and stealing someone else's work, I'm not sure what you're trying to do here. I would be very unhappy if someone stole my work, but it appears that the test equipment manufacturers are tolerating it, likely because the vast majority of their revenue comes from corporate/business customers who wouldn't do this. That doesn't change the fact that it is stealing, so when people brag about doing this, they need to be honest about it and say I STOLE IT. Now... For the people hacking their instruments and then selling them in that state... I would find it quite entertaining if one of these people were prosecuted for stealing it :-DD --- End quote --- It's not stealing. Theft deprives the rightful owner of property. Unlocking an option you're not going to buy is not theft, it has not taken anything from the owner. Is it 100% ethical? Maybe not, but it's not theft. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: james_s on March 06, 2020, 06:14:44 pm ---Theft deprives the rightful owner of property. Unlocking an option you're not going to buy is not theft, it has not taken anything from the owner. Is it 100% ethical? Maybe not, but it's not theft. --- End quote --- Yeah, this is the whole issue with DRM in general, and software in particular. You're depriving the author/company of *potential* revenue. If you consider the notion of intellectual property, then one could extend the concept of theft to IP, although it's a very grey area, with the possible damage coming from this "theft" being only *potential*, and not factual. A big mess. |
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