Just to clarify, I only do stuff I create, just trying to say not all users of copy programs do it to steal in any shape or form
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Peter Swales <peter.swa...@gmail.com>wrote: > As someone who uses a declawed copybot (limited to my own created items > only) to copy from main grid to my openserver and back I find what New Hax > is saying disgusting, People make valid real money off what they make, just > because it is in ones and zeroes makes no difference, an apple is just > protons and electrons, it is how they are put together (if you excuse the > rather bad analogy XD) you have no right to steal the product because of > what medium it is in. > > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Maya Remblai < > snowfox...@dragonkeepcreations.com> wrote: > >> Hm, yes, I suppose that is true. My mind works mostly in absolutes, it's >> easier to just count all the stolen freebies as lost sales. You're >> right, however. My mistake. It was probably fueled by my general bad >> feelings about the incident, because I DO use my earnings in the real >> world, and I also have a strong sense of justice. It bothers me more >> than it should when someone can steal content and go virtually >> unpunished. Even the first thief who was permabanned was back with an >> alt right away. >> >> Maya >> >> Carlo Wood wrote: >> > Not entirely true, first of all, he didn't steal any money from >> > you, nor any goods; unless you suddenly saw a significant drop >> > in revenue then nothing really happened, financially spoken. >> > >> > It certainly isn't true that if he did NOT give that box to >> > those ten people that all ten would have come to you and spend >> > L$ 40,000 in your shop. >> > >> > In fact, most people spend a fixed amount of money in SL. If >> > they get anything for free on top of that, it doesn't cause >> > them to spend less real money. >> > >> > So, surely, you didn't get any MORE money because of this.. >> > but you didn't *lose* $1500 either, not even a fraction of that. >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: >> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev >> Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting >> privileges >> > > > > -- > perl -ple'(/[^.-\s]/)?(s.[^a-z0-9\s].$_=unpack"B*",$&;y;01;\n`;;lc.ge,y. > `-z0-9.ajzges}mqo{hrkxypibuw|vnt...@px\\^_ogca.,s-\S-(unpack"B*",$&)." " > -ge,s-\b01+0--g,y,01,-.,):(y,-.,01,,s,([01]+),0 .1x(6-length$1).0 .$1,ge > ,s-\b([01]+) ?-pack"B*",$1-ge,y.ajzges}mqo{hrkxypibuw|vnt...@px\\^_ogca. > `-z0-9.,s-([\n`]{8})-$_=$1;y;\n`;01;;pack"B*",$_-ge)' > -- perl -ple'(/[^.-\s]/)?(s.[^a-z0-9\s].$_=unpack"B*",$&;y;01;\n`;;lc.ge,y. `-z0-9.ajzges}mqo{hrkxypibuw|vnt...@px\\^_ogca.,s-\S-(unpack"B*",$&)." " -ge,s-\b01+0--g,y,01,-.,):(y,-.,01,,s,([01]+),0 .1x(6-length$1).0 .$1,ge ,s-\b([01]+) ?-pack"B*",$1-ge,y.ajzges}mqo{hrkxypibuw|vnt...@px\\^_ogca. `-z0-9.,s-([\n`]{8})-$_=$1;y;\n`;01;;pack"B*",$_-ge)'
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