“stealing” FCP 7

[Mike Cohen]

I can sell you several acres of land that is planned to be used for the pilings for the Manhattan to Coney Island bridge/tunnel – it is pedestrians and unicycles only and is caught up in zoning negotiations. Apparently the local mimes union fears that their monopoly on unicycling is threatened. The ACLU is now getting involved.

I don’t even know what this thread was about, but it is fun!

Mike Cohen

[Mick Haensler]

I struggled with this very issue last week. In the end, no matter what Apple did, I just didn’t feel right about it and decided to stay put for now. You don’t have that option it seems as these are new machines with no previous version installed.

Mick Haensler
Higher Ground Media

[Marv Marvin]

I’m no legal genius, but if you are taking a vote, I would say it is Illegal and Apple will not turn a blind eye.

[Craig Seeman]

[Marv Marvin] “Apple will not turn a blind eye.”

Any lawsuit initiated by Apple would probably result in major industry bad press. Not that that’s a guaranteed inhibitor. Given that Apple has never gone after jailbreakers either, I would speculate “blind eye” wins. I wouldn’t be surprised if the “phone home” eventually resulted in black listed serial numbers. I’m sure Apple knows they’ve opened the flood gates to FCS pirating in the short term.

[John Baumchen]

Not that this is related to your post but I always wondered why is it that when a company steals from an individual, it’s civil action, but when the reverse is true, it’s a criminal action.

[Alan Lloyd]

That would be because most private individuals do not have the means that enable them to bribe lawmakers (should I say “make campaign contributions to..” or “hire lobbyists to…” instead?) to tilt the legislation in their favor.