Do you use pirated software?
Other than games, I can't think of any proprietary software without a FOSS version...
Microsoft Office. And even then, with a little bit of effort, I could switch to openoffice, probably in a matter of days.
I only play free games. And if you're willing to look, there's tons of good stuff out there, for $0. (the one exception is starcraft. I play that for fun and there's nothing even close to it, amongst free and paid RTS games alike. But then again, SC is very old and I picked up my copy for next to nothing.)
I only play free games. And if you're willing to look, there's tons of good stuff out there, for $0. (the one exception is starcraft. I play that for fun and there's nothing even close to it, amongst free and paid RTS games alike. But then again, SC is very old and I picked up my copy for next to nothing.)
hahaha, this reminds me... when I was a kid I got a pirated copy of StarCraft but didn't know how to apply the crack :D so I would always get a "please insert CD-ROM" error message when I ran it. I even emailed a guy working for a pc-magazine's troubleshooting section to ask for help xD Needless to say there was no answer... Ofc after realizing what a treasure this game is I bought the original :) Btw, did you get to play StarCraft II? The beta version is released...
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Things that you should avoid in this post:
Blatant post of you using pirated software. If you post a software that you obviously ripped, 99/100 times broke some license or agreement contract that you had when you installed, downloaded, or used the software. You may have legal persecution brought against you if there is physical evidence found out against your own claim.
Saying, "Yeah, I torrents LOTS of software," is fine. There are hundreds of software groups that place their files up on torrent trackers that is legal.
If you were to say, "Hey! I applied a patch that got rid of that damn registration window!", that is bad since you most likely verbally broke someones license, and once again if physical (or digital) evidence is found against this claim, you may have legal persecution brought against you.
It is however legal to purchase the game and then download backups of the game, UNLESS the license / agreements specifies otherwise! This is usually used in older games that can be digitally transferred.
For FBI records, I have not illegally installed or used any software. All of my software is either open-source (unless I'm on Windows since Windows is obviously not open source unless you count assembly as open source) or produced from myself. I contain no proprietary software on my Linux OS other than an MP3 codec (lame).
Blatant post of you using pirated software. If you post a software that you obviously ripped, 99/100 times broke some license or agreement contract that you had when you installed, downloaded, or used the software. You may have legal persecution brought against you if there is physical evidence found out against your own claim.
Saying, "Yeah, I torrents LOTS of software," is fine. There are hundreds of software groups that place their files up on torrent trackers that is legal.
If you were to say, "Hey! I applied a patch that got rid of that damn registration window!", that is bad since you most likely verbally broke someones license, and once again if physical (or digital) evidence is found against this claim, you may have legal persecution brought against you.
It is however legal to purchase the game and then download backups of the game, UNLESS the license / agreements specifies otherwise! This is usually used in older games that can be digitally transferred.
For FBI records, I have not illegally installed or used any software. All of my software is either open-source (unless I'm on Windows since Windows is obviously not open source unless you count assembly as open source) or produced from myself. I contain no proprietary software on my Linux OS other than an MP3 codec (lame).
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My all-time favorite game is Dwarf Fortress, but I do enjoy a few commercial games. I buy games that are a deal/need to be played online, and I torrent the rest; normally I don't get more than a few hours in with most of them, as I just don't get into them.
However, I have about 20 GB of music that I haven't bought. I can name all the songs on my iPod that I bought off iTunes from memory; there are only about seven.
However, I have about 20 GB of music that I haven't bought. I can name all the songs on my iPod that I bought off iTunes from memory; there are only about seven.
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| Enjoy your DRM. |
Pretty sure they got rid of that, and anyway I don't really care too much about DRM as long as it's not connecting to the Internet every 10 days to re-validate the software. As far as music goes, it doesn't both me.
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iTunes does some weird crap so that you have to be "registered" to be able to play the music...it's why I download so much music illegally. I think I have about 2 songs (I bought neither) that are the .mp4 or whatever iTunes uses.
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Oh well I don't really know about that. The only albums I've ever bought on iTunes were with gift cards, and that was when I wasn't able to access my torrenting computer. If my iPod had to be restored and I couldn't get the music off the computer I originally bought it on, I'd just torrent it. I don't have any attachment to it being bought. It's just what was available to me at the time.
| everyone uses pirated software, some just won't admit it. |
the greatest pirated software i've heard of is Mac OSX on a PC. how about you guys?
disclaimer: i don't use that Mac OSX patch..
@computerquip :
Not all of us are subjected to the FBI :)
I broke the law, but is the (US-)law US-constitutional? I say no (although my opinion doesn't matter). And even if it were US-consitutional: the US constitution was written by slaveowners like Thomas Jefferson, so I don't see it as an unquestionable truth.
The true question is, "is copyright (in a particular area of human activity) moral/good "? (In the most practical sense of the word "moral" - something that is good for society overall, and makes people feel good about their community).
An interesting link about a post-nazi German philosopher's views on whether non-moral laws should be obeyed:
(In german:)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radbruchsche_Formel
(Google translate (the english version is surprisingly lacking in content)):
http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radbruchsche_Formel
Not all of us are subjected to the FBI :)
I broke the law, but is the (US-)law US-constitutional? I say no (although my opinion doesn't matter). And even if it were US-consitutional: the US constitution was written by slaveowners like Thomas Jefferson, so I don't see it as an unquestionable truth.
The true question is, "is copyright (in a particular area of human activity) moral/good "? (In the most practical sense of the word "moral" - something that is good for society overall, and makes people feel good about their community).
An interesting link about a post-nazi German philosopher's views on whether non-moral laws should be obeyed:
(In german:)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radbruchsche_Formel
(Google translate (the english version is surprisingly lacking in content)):
http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radbruchsche_Formel
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| You may have legal persecution brought against you if there is physical evidence found out against your own claim. |
I don't know if that was intentional, accidental, or maybe even some form of freudian slip, but it was amusing either way.
persecution: the act of persecuting.
persecute: to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, esp. because of religion, race, or beliefs; harass persistently.
prosecute: to institute legal proceedings against (a person).
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I'm not saying its bad, I'm saying you can be legally pursued. There are cases when the police knock down doors on guys that download a heap of illegal music, software, etc. It's not safe to simply post that you literally did something illegal for the public to view.
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i got your point computerquip, btw lol @ tition, he actually said he/she is using pirated excel.
@blackcoder,
It's called OSx86: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
@jRaskell,
I didn't notice that.
@computerquip,
It's not a written confession, it's not signed, it's not evidence. As far as you all know, I didn't even type it, or I was lying to try and fit in. On the other hand, the police could see it as a reason to investigate you -- that would be fair enough. Then they would catch you downloading software or whatever illegally. But, I don't really care. I use FOSS when it's viable, but if I need a proprietary software (as is the case now with SicroMoft Affice Occess 7002) to do school work, I'll get it from the Internet. If I like it, I'll buy it.
@Shadow Addict,
Why not use VLC media player? It supports virtually every music file format out there, it's open source, cross-platform and made of win. The GUIs a little plain, but that doesn't really matter.
It's called OSx86: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
@jRaskell,
I didn't notice that.
@computerquip,
It's not a written confession, it's not signed, it's not evidence. As far as you all know, I didn't even type it, or I was lying to try and fit in. On the other hand, the police could see it as a reason to investigate you -- that would be fair enough. Then they would catch you downloading software or whatever illegally. But, I don't really care. I use FOSS when it's viable, but if I need a proprietary software (as is the case now with SicroMoft Affice Occess 7002) to do school work, I'll get it from the Internet. If I like it, I'll buy it.
@Shadow Addict,
Why not use VLC media player? It supports virtually every music file format out there, it's open source, cross-platform and made of win. The GUIs a little plain, but that doesn't really matter.
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@chrisname
I use VLC to watch movies whenever I download a movie. When I'm listening to music, it's 99% of the time on my iPod, so I don't really need VLC; otherwise, I'm playing the music through my iPod connected to the computer so it can charge. Then, I'll use iTunes to listen purely because I don't know of any other application that has iPod support.
I use VLC to watch movies whenever I download a movie. When I'm listening to music, it's 99% of the time on my iPod, so I don't really need VLC; otherwise, I'm playing the music through my iPod connected to the computer so it can charge. Then, I'll use iTunes to listen purely because I don't know of any other application that has iPod support.
Don't all the main video codecs have gui frontends for linux anyway? (So you could convert them)
Windows has SUPER, thankfully.
And of course, everybody has VLC.
Wait, what? Shadow Addict, you play DF?
WHOA. I'm not the only person here?
Windows has SUPER, thankfully.
And of course, everybody has VLC.
Wait, what? Shadow Addict, you play DF?
WHOA. I'm not the only person here?
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@chrisname
yes i know what it is called and that wiki.
to all of you, yeah VLC is good but i hate the interface..
yes i know what it is called and that wiki.
to all of you, yeah VLC is good but i hate the interface..