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Re: Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy in U.S

#21

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That doesn't make it acceptable for you to completely ignore their copyright on that material.

I agree, it's not the paywall that makes it acceptable.

"Information wants to be free" doesn't justify that you should ignore their copyright just because you can easily ignore their paywall with little consequence to yourself.

Re: Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy in U.S

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Article is behind a paywall. Mt. Gox, the struggling Japanese bitcoin exchange, has filed for bankruptcy protection in a U.S. court to stop customers from freezing any of the company's assets that are located on U.S. soil. Lawyers put MtGox Co. Ltd. into Chapter 15 protection in Texas on Sunday, stating that a potential class-action lawsuit in Illinois could get in the way of reorganization efforts that are taking pl…

That doesn't make it acceptable for you to completely ignore their copyright on that material.

It does, however, make it inevitable that it would happen.

Re: Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy in U.S

#23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, it's not the paywall that makes it acceptable.

"Information wants to be free" doesn't justify that you should ignore their copyright just because you can easily ignore their paywall with little consequence to yourself.

I agree, the paywall being easy to ignore with little consequence to oneself is not what justifies ignoring their copyright.

Re: Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy in U.S

#24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Information wants to be free" doesn't justify that you should ignore their copyright just because you can easily ignore their paywall with little consequence to yourself.

I agree, the paywall being easy to ignore with little consequence to oneself is not what justifies ignoring their copyright.

Ah, is this one of those things were copyrights don't matter since you aren't a musician, director, writer, etc? And software should be paid for? Or if you open source your work then there is no problem me incorporating that into my closed source project, since copyright doesn't matter?

Re: Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy in U.S

#25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, the paywall being easy to ignore with little consequence to oneself is not what justifies ignoring their copyright.

Ah, is this one of those things were copyrights don't matter since you aren't a musician, director, writer, etc? And software should be paid for? Or if you open source your work then there is no problem me incorporating that into my closed source project, since copyright doesn't matter?

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Re: Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy in U.S

#26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, the paywall being easy to ignore with little consequence to oneself is not what justifies ignoring their copyright.

Ah, is this one of those things were copyrights don't matter since you aren't a musician, director, writer, etc? And software should be paid for? Or if you open source your work then there is no problem me incorporating that into my closed source project, since copyright doesn't matter?

I don't want to pollute this thread with an offtopic discussion. If you want to talk about it feel free to send me an email, it's on my profile.

Re: Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy in U.S

#27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, the paywall being easy to ignore with little consequence to oneself is not what justifies ignoring their copyright.

Ah, is this one of those things were copyrights don't matter since you aren't a musician, director, writer, etc? And software should be paid for? Or if you open source your work then there is no problem me incorporating that into my closed source project, since copyright doesn't matter?

That would be fine if there was no copyright.

GPL use is only useful as long as copyright exist: should it not exist then GPL is not just not useful anymore but not needed at all!

I'd just disassemble what you did and release it as open source again :D

Re: Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy in U.S

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Article is behind a paywall. Mt. Gox, the struggling Japanese bitcoin exchange, has filed for bankruptcy protection in a U.S. court to stop customers from freezing any of the company's assets that are located on U.S. soil. Lawyers put MtGox Co. Ltd. into Chapter 15 protection in Texas on Sunday, stating that a potential class-action lawsuit in Illinois could get in the way of reorganization efforts that are taking pl…

Thanks for the paste. Fuck paywalls.

Re: Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy in U.S

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Article is behind a paywall. Mt. Gox, the struggling Japanese bitcoin exchange, has filed for bankruptcy protection in a U.S. court to stop customers from freezing any of the company's assets that are located on U.S. soil. Lawyers put MtGox Co. Ltd. into Chapter 15 protection in Texas on Sunday, stating that a potential class-action lawsuit in Illinois could get in the way of reorganization efforts that are taking pl…

Thanks for the paste. Fuck paywalls.

Fuck compensating people for their goods and services!
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