DVD Shrink on Ebay 99p

[pcman]

I have today been on Ebay and there is a person selling DVDShrink for
99p delivered by email now Im not stupid but Im sure you are not
allowed to sell Freeware. The Auction is

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DVD-Shrink-v3-2-0-15_W0QQitemZ9718065283QQcategoryZ109009QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

for details about this program visit

http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html

or

http://www.yesitsfree.co.uk/encoders.htm

BUT DO NOT PAY FOR IT

 

[wordballoon]

no your are not thats illegal and breaks copyright law its piracy

 

[Morten Skarstad]

pcman skrev:

I have today been on Ebay and there is a person selling DVDShrink for
99p delivered by email now Im not stupid but Im sure you are not
allowed to sell Freeware.

In this case it is not allowed, no. As stated on the website:

"DVD Shrink is free software. You should never pay for DVD Shrink."

Generally, however, the license to a free program may permit it to be
sold. For instance, there are a lot of open source software that is
distributed this way. You can download it yourself _or_ you can pay for
the CDs.

A fairly recent news-item demonstrating the confusion about paying for
free software was when the UK government had seized a batch of CDs with
Mozilla Firefox, intended for commercial distribution. But when the
Mozilla Foundation was asked to press charges, they replied that such
distribution was perfectly OK with them. Read more on
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060223/1158246.shtml

But, in the case of DVDShrink, this seems to be breaking the license.
Besides, paying to get a freely downloadable program per mail seems
kinda stupid IMHO.

 

[Huss]

no your are not thats illegal and breaks copyright law its piracy

Stranger still, did you notice the DVD that was used to illustrate its
use?

http://i6.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/7a/41/b6_1_b.JPG

Har, matey.

 

[Susan Bugher]

I have today been on Ebay and there is a person selling DVDShrink for
99p delivered by email now Im not stupid but Im sure you are not
allowed to sell Freeware. The Auction is

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DVD-Shrink-v3-2-0-15_W0QQitemZ9718065283QQcategoryZ109009QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Just took a look and found this message:

"This listing (#9718065283) has been removed or is no longer available."

for details about this program visit

http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html

Susan
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