12-29-2015, 09:18 AM
(12-29-2015, 08:23 AM)Shannon Wrote: Alright. So, once again... you cannot trigger AP code as it exists, by using your paid for program and having others wander through. It gets triggered if and only if they are intentionally seeking to use your program while you are not benefiting from it. That is a situation in which a person other than who has paid for the program is benefiting from it without the person who paid for it benefiting from it, and because most of these programs don't work without a lot of time invested, it is therefore necessary to do this a lot in most cases. Thus the general equivalent of having an unpaid for copy. If the original buyer is using it, and someone else chooses to listen while that is the case, no problem.
Now then, here's a little information for you all. Some programs don't have AP code in them at all. In about 50% of cases, it's because the AP code would distract from the function of the program too much. In the other 50% it's because I just forgot to put it in. And in 100% of these cases, these will be single stage subs. Which subs these are, only I know.
ALL of the 6 stagers I have built since starting the use of AP code have AP code in them.
I will not specifically be rebuilding programs to remove or adjust the current AP code. As they get upgraded, so will the AP code.
Here is what I have settled on for the new AP code:
Concept 1: Education. It's worthwhile and it woks, for some people. I have it limited to the sub title that the AP code is in as of yet, and I don't plan to change that. Education will include a statement designed to urge the user to learn about copyright law as it governs them in their jurisdiction.
Concept 2: Harvesting energy from people who knowingly steal, pirate, illegally share or otherwise break copyright law, and apply it towards making myself wealthy. I saw that idea mentioned on the forum and I liked it. How much energy is harvested can be adjusted according to how much they pirate and so forth. This avoids the quagmire of "But Billy Bob didn't know!"
Concept 3: Core concept. Follow copyright law for this tile or my programming in general. This means I do not have to encode a million and one possible scenarios. The legislature for your jurisdiction has already done that. This also means that I am only following the letter of the law, and asking you to do the same. Which is undoubtably legal in both directions.
I believe this is the best way forward for everyone. Any suggestions?
P.S. - Catman's original post did not need to be edited or removed. It was only common sense, and his opintion, and he is welcome to both. Please return your post, Catman. I appreciated it.
Sounds good to me. My only real concern ever was I do things that it seemed like could activate the APcode, like for example right now I'm listening to Tony Robbins new book on youtube for free, and I don't ever plan on buying it, maybe once I'm on my feet and have my own place and a book shelf I'll buy it, but I just didn't want the APcode to overlap into other areas of my life, which it seems now I didn't have to worry about anyways, and I never did worry or think about apcode until I saw a little more about it, and then I was like dang, I don't know if I want this running through my brain because I do get value pretty often without returning value.
I realize I bashed you and your company trying to make my point heard so sorry for that I wasn't thinking really I was only trying to get my point heard which was falling on deaf ears and was very frustrating.
I am sorry for how I brought up my concerns I don't always think before I speak.