Preserved Topic: Pirated Software (Page 3 of 3)

Good news. At least for the recording industry.
I heard on the radio, that a local montreal radio
station has had its sound engineers develop
a new medium which is almost impossible to duplicate...

the new medium consists of special black discs (no, not like the psx)
that are about 12" in diameter and made of a high tech material called vinyl.
the discs play sound when a special cartridge with this stylus (think needle)
passes over grooves in the surface of the disk (think CD without the laser)

the player is called a turntable...anyway this is really good news for the recording
industry but i'm not ready yet to junk my CD collection.

what do you guys and gals think?

Naaa, it'll never catch on. I read somewhere recently that someone brought out a music CD that wouldn't play on a pc or mac. Hours later it was available on the internet. how did they do it? some bright spark played the CD into a pc microphone and recorded it that way. theres always an angle.


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Okay this is probably a dumb question, but:

Do they have the OEM equivalent of software?

Like buy a legit copy, but without the shrink-wrapped box, nice shiny manual, tech support or whatever even, for a lot cheaper? If they do, where can I find out more? If they don't, why not?


Also, for students wanting to fool around with Maya and stuff without being able to afford it, look into your local College of Computing, or equivalent. Some colleges have campus-wide licenses, or undergrad research positions that provide such software that can be used on campus machines. In most cases, all you have to do is give them a good reason why you would want a copy. It's amazing the amount of quality software you can get legit access to if you're a student in a fairly large campus and you have the time



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Aerosoul: I don't know much OEM software, I know a said it but never really looked into it that much but I think you can or did. Microsoft do some that's how I knew about it, but do a google.

Anyway I waned to post this before but I didn't want to rise this topic again. It's basicly a BSA report on global software piracy study, might want a look.

-- DS --

[This message has been edited by Darkshadow (edited 06-11-2002).]

dark: I think the kind you are talking about are the ones that come bundled with new computers and stuff. I was actually talking more along the lines of something you can purchase separately that just isn't quite as shiny as the regular version. I think that a lot of people who use pirated software would be willing to forego manuals, addons, goodies, etc to be able to have a legit copy, if it meant a substantial price difference. Then again though, how much cheaper could they possibly make it without the accessories?

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What I think about piracy?
It's illegal period.
Do I do have any pirated software in my computer. Maybe I do. And do I feel bad? If I had, no, I don't. I wouldn't be making any money from them. This is no excuse for (maybe) having them, still illegal if I was doing it. But it's enough to make me feel not bad at all (if I had them). Period.
Contradictory? Yes. Specially because, let's say I have some pirated software in my computer, this would be one out of the ONLY two illegal stuff I do in life. The other is driving my car beyond the speed limit and crossing red signs.

Now, an interesting (at least for me) history: back in september/00, I discovered Napster. I was surprised with that tool. Man! I can download all the music I want for free!! That's amazing. This stupid country I live has only junk music, no good music to buy in stores, so the only way I had to buy my CDs was using Internet, for a high price, since there is 60% tax over any importation. Now I have Napster!! From sept/00 to dec/00 all I did was to download music from Napster.
But, instead of downloading all kinds of music, I downloaded mostly just one kind of music. Willie Nelson's CDs. Why Willie Nelson (WN)? I wasn't a fan of him but, by downloading a complete CD of WN, I suddenly became in love with his music. Then, I downloaded another CD, and another, an another, etc... I use a modem so to download a whole CD took patience (to find good quality files) and time (to download them), and days and days looking for the all the musics of that CD. WN has an impressive discography, so it's (it was) tough to find a whole CD in Napster. But, with patience and patience and days and days, I downloaded around 50 complete CDs by WN.
All I wanted to hear was WN's music. My wife couldn't stand him anymore.
What happen then? Napster went down and I get tired of downloading music from Internet. It's too damn tedious for a modem guy. Never used Kazaa or the like. I stopped completely pirating music.
What happen to my WN's fanatism? Still here. BUT, I have already bought around 25 legal and original CDs from him, to replace, little by little, all the CDs I downloaded illegaly via Napster. He's a great singer and he deserves my money. And I only know he's a great singer because I had the chance to really know his work. I could burn the musics in CDs, but no, I'm buying his CDs, CDs that I already have in computer.
Thanks to piracy!

hey! look at that!

85 posts already....

*yawn* well..... if you see this thread's value outside of the Philosophy Forum, open another one...

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