[computer-go] How to prevent Copyright violations?

[Edward de Grijs]

>From: "Chrilly" <c.donninger at wavenet.at>
>Reply-To: computer-go <computer-go at computer-go.org>
>To: "computer-go" <computer-go at computer-go.org>
>Subject: Re: [computer-go] How to prevent Copyright violations?
>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:08:42 +0200
>
>>
>>In practice, I recommend not to worry too much about copying. Consider
>>pirated copies as free advertising. Offer something extra for the
>>regular users who have paid for their stuff. For example, access to
>>mailing lists, web forums, extra features, and so on.
>>
>I do not see what I can offer to the users of a chess- or Go programm which 
>convinces them to pay when they get it for free from a download. Especially 
>as a single-programmer, in case of a greater company like ChessBase this 
>might be possible., E.g. by using the server.
>

Chrilly, you are correct, but what about the following idea:

I have read on this mailing list some efforts to combine some programming
to create some "open source" stuff, but:
Isn't this a great opportunity for a combined effort of the 
single-programmers
to create this extra stuff for regular users as a sort of common site, which 
only
will be available for each regular user of one of the programs?
Is this doable or impractical?
Thoughs anyone?

Edward





>>Most of all, don't loose sleep over copying. You can't stop it anyway,
>>and the effort you put in trying, could be better used in producing
>>something valuable.
>>
>I worry a lot. In case of Loop its not my money, but it destroys the 
>economic basis of my work. I have to pay the heating and the taxes from 
>selling game programming (well in the moment this is paid by the 
>Hydra-Sheikh). Its the end of professional game programming.
>What makes me also from the moralic point of view furious is the fact, that 
>this modern hackers have obviously no hacker-ethic. Its another story if 
>one hacks the product of a monopolist who behaves unfair to the users and 
>puts a lot of unreasonable restrictions on the product and makes a lot of 
>extra profit by asking much too much money for the product. Fritz Reul is a 
>programmer who has put many years of efforts in his programm, the 
>conditions for use are fair and now he wants to earn a few Euro for his 
>work. If he counts the Euro per hour he has put in, its even in the best 
>case below the minimum-wage in Bangladesh. But these stupid guys do not 
>know the difference between Microsoft or IBM and Fritz Reul. They are just 
>hacking without reason.
>
>Chrilly
>
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