Piracy thread?

Desert Hare · 24th February 2009, 12:05 AM

I could have sword I read in the EULA that certain tpoics were a blatant nono.

Thusly, I'm curious as to why the Piracy thread is allowed to continue.

Seems like some people openly admitting to DLing pirated books or having actually pirated.

I am new, so maybe I'm overlooking something.

**Umbran** · 24th February 2009, 02:23 AM

Admitting that you broke the law is okay.

We do not support piracy, and will not allow others to support piracy on these boards - stating you've done it in the past is not support. Posting a link to where you can download files illegally is actionable, and we ask you to report any such posts.

There are a small number of topics - mostly related to copyright law - that while nearly politics are so important to us that we do allow some discussion, so long as folks remain strictly civil about them. Folks come and go, so periodically restating some of the truths and fictions of copyright law is useful to our community.

Sabathius42 · 25th February 2009, 03:50 AM

I have....once or possibly twice in my life...exceeded the maximum legal speed limit for the roadway on which I was travelling.

DS

Lanefan · 27th February 2009, 08:28 AM

I have....once or possibly twice in my life...stayed within the maximum legal speed limit for the roadway on which I was travelling.

Lanefan

Sabathius42 · 28th February 2009, 03:09 AM

Maybe...but doing 20 over the speed limit in Canadan speed limit is only like doing 6 or 7 over in American speed limit, so thats practically still legal.

DS

Lanefan · 2nd March 2009, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sabathius42

Maybe...but doing 20 over the speed limit in Canadan speed limit is only like doing 6 or 7 over in American speed limit, so thats practically still legal.

You guys also have the advantage of, for the most part, your speed limits being a bit more rational than ours; in terms of relating to the design of the road, etc. If the (non-urban) road is designed to let you go 60, the speed limit is probably 60. Here, it'd probably be 40; or 70 kmh. (which in part is why, when I drive to GenCon this summer, I'll be using the US roads as much as I can)

Lanefan

jaerdaph · 2nd March 2009, 04:42 PM

You know those tags on mattresses that say "Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law"? Yeah, I remove them.

That's how I roll.

Merkuri · 2nd March 2009, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaerdaph

You know those tags on mattresses that say "Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law"? Yeah, I remove them.

No one ever seems to realize that those tags say, "Not to be removed except by the consumer". If you bought that mattress you can do whatever you want with that tag.

Now, if you removed the tag and used it to slice somebody's neck clean off their shoulders, wuxia style, then you'd be in trouble.