Are we on a path of loosing control of our hardware.

[epicstruggle]

I will say this only once. Downloading media is perfectly legal in my country. Got it?

I doubt it. The Netherlands is a signator of the Berne Convention. That treaty demands upholding copyrights.

Yep since 1912.
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/Remarks.jsp?cnty_id=1000C

 

[Frank]

I will say this only once. Downloading media is perfectly legal in my country. Got it?

I doubt it. The Netherlands is a signator of the Berne Convention. That treaty demands upholding copyrights.

Well, in that case I guess we're not conforming to international law. Sue us.

 

[Dr. Ffreeze]

DiGuru,

While your experiences with commercial people might have gone well, mine have not. So, I'm pretty much thinking at the moment, that most of them are out there to take advantage from you any way they can.

I belive that you are talking about a human trait, not a capitalist trait. People are greedy, people are giving, people are all in between regardless of Capitalism, Socialism, or Communism.

But I agree, that some of them might be decent human beings.

I would guess that roughly the percentage of decent Capitalist and decent Socialist are the same, but that is just a hunch. =)