pirates

The harder companies try to lock their products down, the more likely they are to test the limits of legitimate customers who look on enviously as the pirates enjoy a superior user experience.

Have you seen the Spore reviews on Amazon.com? Nobody wants to "rent" their game from EA. And it's not like DRM works. Cracked copies of Spore were available days before the game was officially released. So the pirates are the only ones who don't have to deal with the inconvenience…

At what point will software companies learn that preventing piracy should never come at the cost of inconvenience to their legitimate (paying) customers?

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Hey Dale Harney, you missed a spot

Hey Dale Harney: you forgot to remove Cameron Moll's name when you jacked his website.

Never trust a "designer" who can't even design his own portfolio.

Website jacked by Dale Harney

Hat tip: North Temple.

avast! pirates!

Sebastian Sasturain thought it would be a good idea to steal my portfolio site... lollz :)

... isn't it ultimately in Microsoft's interest to allow pirated copies of Windows to be out there?

Dave Gutteridge on the impact of piracy on free software. A good read, even if you're not a nerd.

Avast!

Happy Talk Like a Pirate day t' ye!

Andy Carvin started an ARRGHcats tag on flickr, with a chest full of booty. tag yer pirate themed lolcats!

darrrrr!!! join the utah pirate party!

if you live in utah, now is the time to join the Pirate Party. sign as a statement of support, or volunteer to collect signatures. here's your chance to tell Orrin Hatch how you feel about having your computer remotely destroyed by copyright holders.

voters in Utah are now one step closer to being able to voice their opinions on the key issues our party stands for.

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