Your pay-tv does not affect other peoples watching tv. This comparison you made is really odd.

That’s ironic considering most of the English-speaking content thieves we encounter are in Europe.

I believe Fair Use is a great promotional tool when done properly. The more people that cite a short passage from my blog and link to me, the better.

Thanks for clarifying the fair use clause. I am not that familiar with US law as I live in Europe. This type of fair use is not allowed in EU.

You are mixing up things here.

1. If you read carefully what I wrote, you notice that I said that the use of proprietary software can be seen to be immoral. It is a good way to illustrate the differences in the ways of thinking. I personally do think that for some countries and people using FLOSS is a better moral choice than using proprietary sw. Example: if the administration of a poor country can spend less money on ICT and invest the saved money to education or healthcare, it is morally better than spending more on ICT and less to healthcare and education.

2. There are many immoral things that exist. Your or my attitude or opinion against them does not make them nonexistent. Nevertheless one might try to avoid these things one dislikes.

3. Let us assume that there would be a law that would make for example mushrooms growing in the forests public property that everyone is allowed to pick. From this norm (law) you cannot deduce any other norm (law). You for example cannot say that because one is allowed to pick up as much mushrooms as he/she likes, he/she is also allowed to drain a whole lake from water just to keep own fields watered.

I sincerely hope that you do not honestly think that wives are some sort of posessions. My wife makes her own mind – mutual trust is something totally different from ownership.

4. Claiming that FLOSS is communism is something that comes across every now and then. In a communist society the tools and structures for production are owned by one body, state. In FLOSS the most important asset, the source code, may be used by any individual or company on equal basis. This means more competition and innovation. Are you calling this communism? As a matter of fact the present essence of certain big software companies is very much like the situation in the Soviet Union before the collapse. Too many empty words, too low efficiency and quality. IMHO this is closer to communism than hard competition.

5. The fastest growing economies utilize FLOSS. Linux for example is found in consumer electronics like TV sets, mobile phones etc. more and more. It is quite understandable that this trend is not that nice seen from the old industrialized world. It just would be so nice to just sit on your fat butt and keep milking poorer nations like before. Even the people in the USA have to realize that actually the Chinese own so much of “American” companies that they actually have control of the economy of USA. I do not suppose that FLOSS literacy rate in USA is any better than literacy rate in general. Well – this is all about global social and global evolution, isn’t it?

so first result here:
http://www.google.sk/search?q=CodeSmith+Professional+5.1.1.8242+rapidshare

and lol, i dont even know this software is

Now I’ve heard everything! So you’re saying that there should be no proprietary or private property, and everything should belong to everyone? Hey, what is your wife doing tonight? I think I’ll take her for a free ride, since it’s immoral for you to have proprietary rights to her coochie. Stupid communists!

It would be a bit strange if you would judge piracy as you do (and should, too) but at the same time use illegally a picture someone else owns…