I guess the economics just haven't worked out to produce a true showdown. I've been on the lookout for even a hint of this for a long time and there's hardly been anything. I'm still unaware of any really clear precedent on this and I'm pretty sure legislation remains utterly oblivious that such a thing is even possible, or how powerful it is. in that situation for at least that long, when the mood strikes us. We techies have been arguing about who has what rights, who can block who from doing what, who's responsible for what, etc. combining them on your local computer to produce a final work C. taking someone else's "patch" (mod/crack/whatever, I call it "patch" as a general term) B and 3. I've been waiting for ~23 years for the copyright system to grapple with the implications of 1. No, producing it is within the legally exclusive rights of the copyright holder subject to the limitations on those rights, but once created the copyright in the derivative is not under the control of the copyright holder of the original (though transferring or licensing back may be part of the resolution of copyright violation lawsuit over its creation.) > from the copyrighted work and is therefore within the domain of the copyright and under the control of the copyright's owner. You can, but it is a copyright violation to do so unless an exception (like Fair Use) applies.Ī derivative work is also a work eligible for copyright in its own right, and as such is copyright by the creator by operation of law when fixed in a tangible form, whether or not it also violates someone else’s copyright. > You can't make a derivative work without a license. > I don't think people on HN understand what a derivative work is, considering how often I see it referenced incorrectly. It's illegal, but by the code of ethics we followed at the time, it was very ethical. Providing them with access is a community service. On the other end of the bell curve are kids who can't afford those. Few real engineers will use a hacked copy of AutoCAD, and literally everyone I know began to pay for music once they could afford it. As much as it might be illegal, cracking software helps other kids who can't afford that software. I'd guess a lot of more negative things, like vandalism, are similar too.Īnd ultimately, you contribute to it. It's the same reason why punks wore spikes and mohawks, goths wore black, and people might pick a genre of music (even if privately). ![]() In retrospect, I think a major drivers for teenagers for a lot of activities is a sense of identity. Having done similar (not identical) things at that age, a lot of it is quite literally for the LOLs, and more than a bit is for community identity.įame: Non-existent, since you don't tell people.
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