I like how the first guy to reply is the Co-founder of the most pirated IE
Workbooks around!
What one person receives without working for, another person must work for
without receiving.
David, let me know when you can photograph a wedding, I'd like to
commission you for free. I got a few gigs you can do here in the States.
If you don't mind flying over here and working for free... :)
-JB
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Shane Killian <shane_at_shanekillian.net>wrote:
> My experience is this -
>
> I have purchased products that use DRM (e.g. LockLizard) but for me its
> easier to use my INE products instead of messing about with Locklizard
> between computers, iPad, Android etc.
> This is something that you remember as a customer (this was my first
> experience with LockLizard) and when you are a vendor, its important to
> remember that reputation and experiences are **everything**.
>
> I think that "Vendor X" (without DRM) is well aware that material can be
> found online and shared but I would guess that there approach is to make a
> product so good that you can't **not** buy it.
> This is an intelligent move. I think at the end of the day, the people that
> were going to buy the material will buy the material and the people that
> weren't going to - won't.
>
> I would be interested to see the contribution of time and effort invested
> in DRM being used to create, improve and deliver products more efficiently.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Joseph L. Brunner
> <joe_at_affirmedsystems.com>wrote:
>
> > I have to disagree David. And I'll give you a level headed explanation...
> >
> > China, other countries, blatantly infringe on intellectual property
> > copyrights. Their entire economy and culture is built on breaking the
> > rules...
> >
> > In Beijing, if you are corrupt politician - you had better be playing for
> > "the right side."
> > In NYC, you have FBI agents at your door at 6am as we saw last week when
> > they grabbed a few more democrat NYS senators in Queens :) Aha loved to
> say
> > that... good riddens...
> >
> > In Beijing if you counterfeit CD's & DVD's - you have a green light to do
> > so.
> > In NYC if you counterfeit Louis Vuitton handbags - you get like a 17 year
> > jail sentence in the Federal lock up.
> >
> > American culture values intellectual property. The time, resources and
> > materials the entrepreneur invested into his product, business or service
> > deserves a system where his investment is protected. For the same reason
> a
> > Military general can't seize your home to build an Olympic stadium
> without
> > due process. Or his son cant rape your daughter without the fear of doing
> > hard jail time. In America, if you take something that doesn't belong to
> > you there are harsh consequences...
> >
> > Now, we all know without calling a duck the guy quacking at the end of
> the
> > bar, many CCIE candidates happen to be from counties where copyright
> > enforcement has a pretty piss poor history.
> >
> > Why should Narbik be forced to give his product away for free because
> > someone is too lazy or stupid to comply with DRM?
> >
> > You own DVD's or Bluerays right? Those are encrypted. If you broke the
> > encryption to clone or copy the DVD that's on you. Keep doing it and see
> > what happens when the lawyers of Universal and Fox News Subpoena your
> Fios
> > IP. Got $500,000 in legal fees handy against a $500,000 settlement. Take
> > your pick...
> >
> > In the end the royalties paid to Narbik for his time and hard work will
> > improve his family's quality of life, put his grandkids through college
> > (he's like 97, right?), help him pay his taxes, fix his teeth, keep new
> > fresh Michy's on his car so he doesn't have an accident, buy his health
> > insurance so he can stay healthy and teaching CCIE lab courses...
> >
> > If you are not in favor of his DRM - then perhaps with your newly minted
> > CCIE you can work for $35 an hour and send me the cash???
> >
> > Joe Brunner
> > C/O Borgata High Roller's Tables, with the 5' 4" Dominican hottie on his
> > arm
> > 1 Borgata Way
> > Atlantic City, NJ 08401
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > David Rothera
> > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:46 AM
> > To: Narbik Kocharians
> > Cc: CCIE Groupstudy
> > Subject: Re: Locklizard
> >
> > As per usual with DRM controlled media the only people you are hurting
> are
> > your customers and I hate to say it Narbik but the fact that you use this
> > crap is why I would never consider your products.
> >
> > People will always find a way to pirate things and at the end of the day
> > as I have already said the only people that get hurt by this are your
> real
> > customers.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David Rothera
> > CCIE #38338
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > Please excuse any mistakes and brevity.
> >
> > On 10 Apr 2013, at 22:55, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.locklizard.com/pdf-secure-ios_news.htm
> > >
> > > Now you can install our workbooks on your iPad, iPhone, etc etc ......
> > >
> > > --
> > > *Narbik Kocharians
> > > *CCSI#30832, CCIE# 12410 (R&S, SP, Security)
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