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Old 10-14-2011, 05:45 AM   #175
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Originally Posted by speakingtohe View Post
There are moral and ethical values to most things we do in life. What is right or wrong is not determined by law or what you can do without being arrested or worse.

Because the law says it is wrong does not make it unethical or immoral.

Because you can do it without being sued or arrested does not make it right.

Feeling compelled to justify it on an internet forum does not look good.

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Nonsense. A company cannot make up terms that removes consumers' rights, that'd be illegal. Otherwise I could just make an EULA clause that said you sold your children into slavery for my company if you accept the license. Do you think that would be accepted in any court of law? Of course not, because licenses do not override laws and slavery is illegal. Stripping a citizen of his rights is against the law and thus illegal. Period.

I do not have to justify my actions since I have broken no law, nor have I committed any legal offense. My summary of what is actually legal, and what isn't, was a reply to someone who stated that violating illegal clauses in licenses was somehow immoral or unethical. This I find utterly comical since most people would consider breaking the law a lot more immoral and unethical than following it.
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