None of your emotive response contradicts anything in the quote you're replying to. Need you try again?
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Apologies for adding to the spam in this thread, which would be better left for actual information about the SF v CB case, but to clear up this point: copyright violation is normally a civil offence, but it can be a criminal offence - link.
I remember a case of the USA issuing an extradition request against a young English man for copyright infringement. My first reaction was absolute disgust: extradition for watching a few films without paying? I thought he should have been prosecuted in the UK for that, not extradited. But it turned out that he was doing it at scale for large numbers of people.
I am STRONGLY of the opinion that the period of time that both copyright and patents cover are waaaaaaay too long in the modern world and should be dramatically shortened. But the key point in the context of this thread is that there are circumstances under which copyright infringement can be a criminal offence.
I remember a case of the USA issuing an extradition request against a young English man for copyright infringement. My first reaction was absolute disgust: extradition for watching a few films without paying? I thought he should have been prosecuted in the UK for that, not extradited. But it turned out that he was doing it at scale for large numbers of people.
I am STRONGLY of the opinion that the period of time that both copyright and patents cover are waaaaaaay too long in the modern world and should be dramatically shortened. But the key point in the context of this thread is that there are circumstances under which copyright infringement can be a criminal offence.
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What is your point? Are you somehow trying to deny that copyright infringement is illegal? (Certainly what you say does not deny it, but perhaps you think it does? Again... what is your point?)
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My point is that using the term “illegal” in this way is both factually and grammatically incorrect.syzygy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:44 pmWhat is your point? Are you somehow trying to deny that copyright infringement is illegal? (Certainly what you say does not deny it, but perhaps you think it does? Again... what is your point?)
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illegaldkappe wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 11:02 pmMy point is that using the term “illegal” in this way is both factually and grammatically incorrect.syzygy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:44 pmWhat is your point? Are you somehow trying to deny that copyright infringement is illegal? (Certainly what you say does not deny it, but perhaps you think it does? Again... what is your point?)
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You remind me of a girl I went to school with. She was very sweet, but unlettered and not too bright. Her prized possession was a worn students Webster’s dictionary. She was silent during most classroom discussions, but would send folded up notes afterwards with definitions she thought were relevant.
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When all else fails, just resort to name calling and insults, right? Try not to take it personal. It makes it that much easier to admit when you are wrong.dkappe wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:01 amYou remind me of a girl I went to school with. She was very sweet, but unlettered and not too bright. Her prized possession was a worn students Webster’s dictionary. She was silent during most classroom discussions, but would send folded up notes afterwards with definitions she thought were relevant.
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I didn’t mention her name. (It was Julie, by the way.) But I wouldn’t call Andy by her name.gaard wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:11 amWhen all else fails, just resort to name calling and insults, right? Try not to take it personal.dkappe wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:01 amYou remind me of a girl I went to school with. She was very sweet, but unlettered and not too bright. Her prized possession was a worn students Webster’s dictionary. She was silent during most classroom discussions, but would send folded up notes afterwards with definitions she thought were relevant.
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You're obviously implying AG is both unlettered and "not too bright", because for some reason insulting someone was easier than admitting you were wrong. Why do you insist on making ChessBase look worse and worse? That seems to be all you intend to achieve, besides your gratuitous condescension.dkappe wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:20 amI didn’t mention her name. (It was Julie, by the way.) But I wouldn’t call Andy by her name.gaard wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:11 amWhen all else fails, just resort to name calling and insults, right? Try not to take it personal.dkappe wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:01 amYou remind me of a girl I went to school with. She was very sweet, but unlettered and not too bright. Her prized possession was a worn students Webster’s dictionary. She was silent during most classroom discussions, but would send folded up notes afterwards with definitions she thought were relevant.
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I said that he reminded me of a girl that would send dictionary definitions instead of mounting an argument. I suspect an adult introduced her to a dictionary so she could remedy her intellectual defects. I can’t begin to speculate why Andy does the same thing.
As for ChessBase, why would anything I say make them look better or worse, and why should I care?
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