On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Carlo Wood <ca...@alinoe.com> wrote: > What worries me is that before, correctly, it was stated: copybot > is not illegal, copying something and then SELLING it is.
No. Copying non-permissive content has been against the ToS since 2006 or so, regardless of what one did with the content. The tool itself wasn't previously against the rules. > If some really good hacker does exactly that what everyone says: > get content that simply can't be protected, then that doesn't mean > he will start a business with it and make USD$ 100,000 per year > with products of others. And until someone does that (sell products > of others), it's innocent childs play. Therefore, copying stuff > isn't that bad by itself imho The profit motive is a common red herring in IP discussions. Except in rare cases like Creative Commons licenses that explicitly spell out allowance for non-commercial use, the profit motive has little to do with whether copying is okay. Commercial distribution has more to do with how easy and profitable prosecution is. Over a certain money value, it's much easier to prosecute across state lines or from another country, and the suit can cover its own costs. _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
