The Anonymous Cracked Software Poll?

[Alchemy4]

neither do I, but I dont use cracked software and your music isnt embedded with the programme it was recorded with and no one polices this made up shit...I never mentioned corporations
even if it were true no one, I repeat no one has ever been charged with the evidence of embedded WAV files..nonsense
unless you can show otherwise?

not yet they havent you got me there.ARRRR i was being a bit facetious if you didn't catch that (but i do not doubt that they will) i serously doubt that they have paid so much to not use it in court. this is coming and i know Sony's sound forge( i paid for a copy) does this already embeds thier meta data and thier watermark so you can talk all the smak you want (belive it or not ). and I was the one who mentioned Corporations as the people who are tring to protect thier Money bills by doing this .....
here some links for you to read on it does not "prove any Moral points" other than it is against the law most places.
http://www.banpiracy.com/index.html
http://www.findlaw.com.au/article/9298.htm
still a dobuter here it comes
http://w2.eff.org/IP/SSSCA_CBDTPA/20020321_s2048_cbdtpa_bill.pdf

 

[kcearl]

not yet they havent you got me there.ARRRR i was being a bit facetious if you didn't catch that (but i do not doubt that they will) i serously doubt that they have paid so much to not use it in court. this is coming and i know Sony's sound forge( i paid for a copy) does this already embeds thier meta data and thier watermark so you can talk all the smak you want (belive it or not ). and I was the one who mentioned Corporations as the people who are tring to protect thier Money bills by doing this .....
here some links for you to read on it does not "prove any Moral points" other than it is against the law most places.
http://www.banpiracy.com/index.html
http://www.findlaw.com.au/article/9298.htm

yes and I understand all this...but its not really news is it

so waves are prosecuting three studios in France...people should not be making money with pirated software..

Im not talking "smak"..i do "belive" some people are "tring" to protect their "Money bills"


but I tell you what..if I put together an mp3 using cracked software there is no way in the world that there is any technology that can tell you how the components were recorded that made that mp3 ..none

Im against piracy morally..but Im also against stupid analogies (not you here btw) and scaremongering..and they can prosecute as many studios as they like, it will not get rid of piracy..period

heres a dumb analogy...has the death penalty stopped murder?

punishment is never going to be the answer..

 

[mattr]

No DAW has any kind of fingerprinting that you talk about.

However when I purchased Steven Slate Platinum, I got a nice warning note attached to say that random files in the sample library were 'watermarked' with a unique number so they would have a chance of tracking it back to the registered owner if it ever found its way onto any sharing networks. They obviously wouldn't be able to detect these samples within a mix, but its a way of tracking who is responsible for sharing the software.

 

[kcearl]

thats quite clever

 

[Alchemy4]

yes and I understand all this...but its not really news is it
so waves are prosecuting three studios in France...people should not be making money with pirated software..
Im not talking "smak"..i do "belive" some people are "tring" to protect their "Money bills"
but I tell you what..if I put together an mp3 using cracked software there is no way in the world that there is any technology that can tell you how the components were recorded that made that mp3 ..none
Im against piracy morally..but Im also against stupid analogies (not you here btw) and scaremongering..and they can prosecute as many studios as they like, it will not get rid of piracy..period
heres a dumb analogy...has the death penalty stopped murder?
punishment is never going to be the answer..

sorry i can not type well in the dark (i all most allways am)
and i dont think they are trying to get rid of piracy it seems to me they are making alot of money off of it.
and no most of what i have posted isnt news or isnt new news i guess
sorry for not being more up to date on a topic that really is.....ummm
and if you use a program like Sound forge and save it as mp3 the unless you remove the DRM yes they can see you used Sound forge or at least sony can like i said belive or dont about that.
but you know every one does what they want anyway so.....
just watch out for the RIAA coming by if you chose to do so
i hate dumb analogys too but thier to funny not to use
like the MPAA says "downloading a movie is like stealing a car."
i guess they want it to be a class 3 felony with 2 to 7 year sentence
awsome!!!

 

[Toddskins]

Wrongo

You're just kidding around of course.


I seriously hope you don't believe that. Perhaps you just don't know the definition of the word 'Crime'. Here ya go...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime

The first entry is the pertinent one.

It's not a matter of whether there is a victim or someone has been violated, but merely whether or not a law has been broken. Stealing is breaking the law, be it a car, a cd or software; and it is a crime. So is speeding.

I take software piracy pretty seriously on this site. And I'm pretty aggressive about banning people who openly admit to stealing software. The last thing I want is for Homerecording to become a haven for hackers and thieves, the integrity of the site will go to shit.

So be careful what you advocate:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advocate

Zazz is actually correct in his understanding about traffic regulations vs crime. I went to Law School.

Violating a traffic regulation (and we thus call them so, because they are not crimes), has no culpability involved. The traffic judge is not interested in any excuses, not interested in the state of mind you were in, thus culpability is not an issue in a traffic violation. IF you did IN FACT go faster than the posted speed limit, or you did IN FACT run a stop sign, then you get hit with the fine.

In a crime, beside the facts, the courts must prove your culpability - that is your mental state at the time the act took place. That is why, if a person is truly insane (no mental culpability), then the crime will be seen as not a crime. We don't usually see people who commit manslaughter go to jail. They usually pay a hefty fine, because they are not criminally culpable.

 

[ddash85]

I used pirated software years ago. Now I just buy the software. Some of it is quite expensive,but at the end of the day I feel better and I know I wont get any virus from it.

 

[ez_willis]

reaper, hello? $60(if you feel like it) for the ultimate in editing software. there are some great free plugins available, too.