vb.org Archive - View Single Post - The Ethics of Updating for VB3 a VB2 Hack That You Didn't Write

Wayne Luke · #15 01-07-2004, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KuraFire

Right, so all the publications of Shakespeare's works are illegal?

Actually, no... Copyright expires. Currently this is about 70 years after creation in most places, some make it a specified time after the author's death. Common rule of thumb though is that if it was published before 1920, then copyright has expired.

Copyright is also immediate and automatic. When you republish another hack maker's work you are breaking their copyright since it hasn't been published for 70 years yet.

Go ahead and laugh... Break the law if you want. I will be willing to testify if anyone wants to pursue damages which includes fines up to $25,000 dollars and ten years in prison in the United States. Plus copyright violation is a felony covered by extradition in over 100 countries.

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01063 seconds Memory Usage 1,762KB Queries Executed 11 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD_SHOWPOST (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_box (1)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)post_thanks_postbit_info (1)postbit (1)postbit_onlinestatus (1)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showpost.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_postinfo_query fetch_postinfo fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showpost_start bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create postbit_factory showpost_post postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start showpost_complete
Messages: