Index writes:
I> Okay, so Doug is the Warrior's Chief of Security, but he
I> seems to have a rather casual attitude toward intellectual
I> property.
Most of the things you mention seem like that have not canonically come up in the game WW, so I'm going to assume that they are DW WW bits added for color, and we've already
determined that there are some small differences between the Game WW and the DW WW.
But one thing is certain: The warriors are not prigs. Most of us are pretty libertine about many issues. There is a school of thought that copyright issues and much of IP law in general has gotten way out of hand, especially as it's expressed in the US.
So while Doug's in change of security, we expect him to be actually working toward the physical security of the Mansion and our employees and not to go all Orrin Hatch on pirated music. And while we don't officially condone any of our members breaking even trivial laws, I'm sure we'd just shrug and say that enforcement of those laws isn't our problem should it come up.
And, of course, off planet we'll show even less respect for laws we feel are 'stupid'.
Skitz
I> Okay, so Doug is the Warrior's Chief of Security, but he
I> seems to have a rather casual attitude toward intellectual
I> property.
Most of the things you mention seem like that have not canonically come up in the game WW, so I'm going to assume that they are DW WW bits added for color, and we've already
determined that there are some small differences between the Game WW and the DW WW.
But one thing is certain: The warriors are not prigs. Most of us are pretty libertine about many issues. There is a school of thought that copyright issues and much of IP law in general has gotten way out of hand, especially as it's expressed in the US.
So while Doug's in change of security, we expect him to be actually working toward the physical security of the Mansion and our employees and not to go all Orrin Hatch on pirated music. And while we don't officially condone any of our members breaking even trivial laws, I'm sure we'd just shrug and say that enforcement of those laws isn't our problem should it come up.
And, of course, off planet we'll show even less respect for laws we feel are 'stupid'.
Skitz