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I'm not talking about who owns information.

My point is that company A is asking company B not to use the content that was submitted directly to company A's site on company B's site.

Company B is finding a round-about way to do it anyway.

In my opinion, this is the wrong thing to do. They should respect the wishes of company A and just not do it because they were told/asked not to.

I believe that just because you "can" doesn't always mean you "should".




So? Microsoft, Autodesk, Dell, EA, etc. would prefer you not be able to sell used copies of software or hardware. As long as it's legal, what's wrong with doing so?

I agree that legal is not equivalent to right, but in this case, I don't see the moral argument against this. Everyone benefits from this; the overall benefit to society is positive.


In my opinion, this is the wrong thing to do. They should respect the wishes of company A and just not do it because they were told/asked not to.

So it's wrong to jailbreak your iPhone because Apple would prefer that you didn't, even though it's explicitly legal?




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