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vololiberista,

Hummmmmmmm....... speaking of people doing illegal things........

The cartoon image you posted above appears to me to have the copyright symbol on the bottom.  The picture clearly came from another website.  

Did you obtain permission from the copyright holder to copy it and repost it here on SimV?


best,

......john

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The publication of a work of art (by any means) does not place it in the public domain.  In fact a copyright is held by the author /artist of a work even if they don't place the "C in a circle" symbol on it.  Doing that and also registerring the copyright makes legally enforcing the ownership easier........ but is not actually totally required.

For a work to be in the public domain, the artist has to specifically release it to that function..... or the legal duration of the specific copyright needs to have reached its legal conclusion.  That is well more then "a few years".

So unless you really know it is in the public domain......... you don't know.

best,

......john


PS:  As a visual artist, I am very concerned about copyright infrngement issues.  It is not only the lawyers that benefit.  It protects the artist and the author.  And in some cases ...... it protects software companies too.

Hello all,

I am new to the forums and to Flight Simulation in general. I just ordered X-Plane (another flight simulation program) and was just reading about the new FSX trying to decide if I want this one too. (From my recent web researching, it is apparent that the MSFS series is unmatched in its detail and 3rd party support and add-ons).

To be honest, the only reason that I am even hesitating to purchase FSX is because of the registration. Don't get me wrong. I am all for piracy prevention. In fact IMHO, piracy is more widespread than the media portrays it to be (contrary to the opinion that the media blows this out of proportion).

My beef is with the fact that software companies (particularly MS) do not implement more consumer friendly piracy control. It would be easier for me, the consumer; if for instance, I registered my newly purchased software online with a Username/Password that would track my activation. This way, when I upgrade my system, or purchase a new computer I would be able to re-activate online using my username/password.  (Of course, the complex key generation and tracking would still be in effect and associated with my account). Any software that attempted to run on my previous hardware (or any other hardware besides the hardware that I specifically registered) would be halted the next time it attempted to connect to the internet. (Lets face it, in this day and age; the majority of computers will be connected to the internet throughout their lifetime).

I have no problems with, having to register and activate any software, provided that it doesn't limit me as a consumer. The two hardware registration limit was not as much a problem for Windows OSs because now it is easier, and probably cheaper, to just purchase a new PC (which comes with the OS installed most of the time) than to put one together yourself.

(I say this with the assumption that a graphics card upgrade, memory upgrade or hard drive upgrade can be done without reactivation)

This seems to be going round in circles a bit here.

This 'two times' thing as I understand it is so a single user can have it on 2 machines. You can have it on your home PC and on your laptop, for example, so you can take it on holiday with you 

You can install and uninstall it as many times as you want on those 2 machines because activation is related to a hardware signature.

And you can deinstall it from your PC and install it on a new PC - but then you may have to confirm that it has been deinstalled.

A few weeks ago I had to reinstall Windows on a client's PC - the old problem, kids keep going onto file sharing sites and picking up trojans and stuff. Because it had been done several times in the past, activation on line said 'No chum' and I had to call MS.

Got a errrr.... young person ......  in somewhere like Nicaragua I think  , all he did was ask that the OS was still only on one machine, when I said 'Yup', he gave me a new key.

Pain in the butt but I don't have that much of a problem so long as it's as easy as that.

And volo - the UK is in Europe (unfortunately..... but that's completely another issue  ??? )

This is interesting..................
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6095612.stm

Vololiberista

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James,

You'll love those two items.  They make a world of difference.

best,

.....john

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Aitn't it too bad that we can't breed the two of them to get puppies.  

best,

.....john

This is a direct quote from MS's Help and support page concerning the activation issue.:

"A6: Microsoft Product Activation verifies that a software program's product key has not been used on more personal computers than the software's license allows. The product key can be used only on one computer. To run a game on two or more computers, purchase additional copies."

You can only install FSX LEGALLY on one computer.

Happy day.

Keni