Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: New Blather Up...

Penguinisto opened this issue on Feb 02, 2005 ยท 51 posts


Qualien posted Wed, 02 February 2005 at 11:05 PM

Actually, in law, there are all sorts of words for theft: Robbery, burglary, conversion, etc., all with nuances and tests to be met..." Perfectly correct. I was only trying to point out that "copyright infringement" is not one of those words. 'Theft' and 'stealing' are words used in the context of copyright infringement for their emotional impact, not their accuracy or correctness, I understand. When emotions are already high on subject, it is sometimes a good idea to look at things more objectively and precisely. I did not mean to suggest that victims of copyright violation suffer no loss (as it would be incorrect to say that victims of identity theft suffer no loss, though the loss is certainly not of their identities, which they retain). As a professional writer (member of the Authors Guild of America, contributor and contributing editor to magazines), I obviously do not condone copyright violation, but I do condone using words, especially inflammatory words, correctly. The subject of copyright is certainly an interesting one in the context of Poser. Our legal systems (even that of the UK, where copyright infringers are charged in court with theft) will have to evolve as we all spend more of our lives in the virtuals worlds where unlimited numbers of perfect copies of valuable entities such as software programs (and Victoria 3s) can be made by anyone with a computer. I often think that new kinds of intellectual property licensing are evolving here, right before our eyes, in the readmes and license agreements of Rosity freebies and MP products. It will be interesting to see what happens in the future.