Comments on: Measuring Success in a World of Digital Pirates http://churchm.ag/measuring-success-in-a-world-of-digital-pirates/ Exploring the Intersection of Church and Technology Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom http://churchm.ag/measuring-success-in-a-world-of-digital-pirates/#comment-16128 Tom Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:09:25 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=1895#comment-16128 They haven't <strike>seen</strike> pirated <em>anything</em> yet ;). They haven’t seen pirated anything yet ;) .

]]> By: Kevin http://churchm.ag/measuring-success-in-a-world-of-digital-pirates/#comment-16127 Kevin Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:31:43 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=1895#comment-16127 You might enjoy <a href="http://thepiratesdilemma.com/" rel="nofollow">The Pirate's Dilemma</a>. It talks a lot about this dichotomy and is a pretty quick and easy read. And if you can find a digital PDF version the author is all about it being pirated (so does that make it legal?) to help spread the word. Read the book to find out why... Kevin http://opensourcechurch.com You might enjoy The Pirate’s Dilemma. It talks a lot about this dichotomy and is a pretty quick and easy read. And if you can find a digital PDF version the author is all about it being pirated (so does that make it legal?) to help spread the word. Read the book to find out why…

Kevin
http://opensourcechurch.com

]]> By: Ted Carnahan http://churchm.ag/measuring-success-in-a-world-of-digital-pirates/#comment-16126 Ted Carnahan Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:26:48 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=1895#comment-16126 The PHP code in all WordPress themes <a href="http://wordpress.org/news/2009/07/themes-are-gpl-too/" rel="nofollow">is required to be licensed 100% GPL compatible.</a> You already know that because the purchase page for StandardTheme says that the theme is GPL. That means, in short, that anyone who gets the code, whether they pay for it or not, has the legal right to give it to others for free. So even if it really was being offered to others on Bittorrent, it would hardly be piracy to download it. You can charge a fee for distribution, but no one has to pay it. The PHP code in all WordPress themes is required to be licensed 100% GPL compatible. You already know that because the purchase page for StandardTheme says that the theme is GPL.

That means, in short, that anyone who gets the code, whether they pay for it or not, has the legal right to give it to others for free. So even if it really was being offered to others on Bittorrent, it would hardly be piracy to download it. You can charge a fee for distribution, but no one has to pay it.

]]> By: n/a http://churchm.ag/measuring-success-in-a-world-of-digital-pirates/#comment-16125 n/a Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:38:00 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=1895#comment-16125 Though I completely agree with you, I have one issue with this post The image you have posted is one of those sites that will basically list ANY search phrase as available for download. See example below... furthermore, has standardtheme really been downloaded 33,000+ times for free? http://torrentscan.com/#!q=standardtheme rocks hard&e=sumotorrent Great point - maybe a bad illustration :) Though I completely agree with you, I have one issue with this post

The image you have posted is one of those sites that will basically list ANY search phrase as available for download. See example below… furthermore, has standardtheme really been downloaded 33,000+ times for free?

http://torrentscan.com/#!q=standardtheme rocks hard&e=sumotorrent

Great point – maybe a bad illustration :)

]]> By: Daniel http://churchm.ag/measuring-success-in-a-world-of-digital-pirates/#comment-16124 Daniel Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:27:26 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=1895#comment-16124 While I'm sure you're theme is up on pirate sites, the photo you took is from a fake torrent site. Its set to put up whatever you google or a variant of it along with things like high speed, torrent, full, etc, as well as a downloads to make it look trustworthy. Its basically to get people to sign up so they can download. While I'm not sure exactly what kind of site it is, its not trustworthy. If you want to check how much its really being pirated, I'd recommend thepiratebay, warezzbb, isohunt, trusted sites like that. While I’m sure you’re theme is up on pirate sites, the photo you took is from a fake torrent site.

Its set to put up whatever you google or a variant of it along with things like high speed, torrent, full, etc, as well as a downloads to make it look trustworthy.

Its basically to get people to sign up so they can download.

While I’m not sure exactly what kind of site it is, its not trustworthy.

If you want to check how much its really being pirated, I’d recommend thepiratebay, warezzbb, isohunt, trusted sites like that.

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