ladynimue opened this issue on Jul 08, 2003 ยท 16 posts
mickmca posted Wed, 09 July 2003 at 10:22 AM
Post 20, 23, and 26 only shed light on R'osity's take on "legal matters." The fact is, if I buy a product from someone and then discover that it is flawed in some unacceptable way, I get my refund from the place that took my money. R'osity's stance that copyright violations are the problem of the customer and the robbed vendor is as legally "sound" as the BS in your software warranty that says if it doesn't work, that's your problem. Since R'osity does not practice basic principles of commerce, I seldom buy there. And I have not seen a copyright brouhaha at any other place where I buy. It is unrealistic to expect the testers to spot copyright violations, but the nature of evidence (matching code) and the penalties (freezing of all money for that product and refunds from R'osity to anyone who wants them, followed by R'osity taking action against the violator to recoup its own losses) should be simple matters. R'osity set up the commerce relationship with the offending thief, getting their money back should be their problem. R'osity is the one who took my money. And the "have to prove it in court before banning" stance is a red herring, utterly bogus. People and merchants have been banned at R'osity with all the logic of the Queen of Hearts, since time immemorial. It's routine and notorious. No court hearing, and sometimes no explanation, if you can believe the stories. What is actionable is not the banning but how the public announcement of the ban is handled--unsupported accusations, and so forth. A casino can walk you out the door any time they please; what they can't do is post your name and picture in the public part of the casino with a message to the effect that you were banned for stealing. This is not a case of unsupported accusations. The evidence is right there in the files, and intention is beside the point. If you copy the work of others, intentionally or not, you are not allowed to sell at R'osity. What's complicated about that?