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0 points9_ZPK7-1y ago0 comments

> it means that all of Microsoft's software now (spiritually!) will become public domain.

You have said many things like this in this thread. I don't think you understand how laws or courts or legal fees work. Good luck defending yourself against MS's army of lawyers during your court proceedings though!

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aleph_minus_one1y ago

> I don't think you understand how laws or courts or legal fees work. Good luck defending yourself against MS's army of lawyers during your court proceedings though!

I have no hope that the courts currently (!) agree with this. But let us spread the gospel so that as many people as possible know how Microsoft's "real" stance on copyright is. If a lot of people become aware of this and this truth stays in lots of people's heads for a sufficiently long time, the public opinion might change so that juries (representing the public opinion in courts) will indeed begin to judge against Microsoft in the way that I described.

saagarjha1y ago

If I accidentally pick up your jacket instead of mine and apologize when you point it out this doesn't mean I give you blanket rights to steal my stuff forever. If I keep doing it, then it's probably worth looking into, but you're going to have to bring up evidence of serial abuse for that.

Tepix1y ago

What if someone takes your jacket and removes your name tag and sews his own tag to your jacket though?

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robertlagrant1y ago

> the public opinion might change so that juries (representing the public opinion in courts) will indeed begin to judge against Microsoft in the way that I described

I'm pretty sure that's exactly how juries shouldn't work.

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