August 2, 2009 23:42
<"Monsanto", "slaves" and "farmers"???? c'mon....[/quote]
I can buy and trade paper charts and chart cards when I no longer need them. I can trade books and CDs and DVDs when I'm through. That you can't even move a chart to a new or backup computer is simply anti-customer and anti-safety. And if you don't know what Monsanto is doing with GMO seeds and customers, you need to read wider. Orwellian.
Or maybe you support the US Senator a while back who tried to get a law passed that would make it illegal for the US Government to "give away" weather information, but rather distribute it through for-profit channels only. I'm not against protection. I've spent most of my life selling copyrighted writing and photography on a use rights basis. I have also found government, public domain photos for a client to use, charging only nominally for the research time. I simply think the Navionics' terms, especially when all the truly hard work of charting has been handed to them for nearly free and they have only repackaged the goods, is unreasonable, given the usage. Fortunately, there are other solutions.
donal
I can buy and trade paper charts and chart cards when I no longer need them. I can trade books and CDs and DVDs when I'm through. That you can't even move a chart to a new or backup computer is simply anti-customer and anti-safety. And if you don't know what Monsanto is doing with GMO seeds and customers, you need to read wider. Orwellian.
Or maybe you support the US Senator a while back who tried to get a law passed that would make it illegal for the US Government to "give away" weather information, but rather distribute it through for-profit channels only. I'm not against protection. I've spent most of my life selling copyrighted writing and photography on a use rights basis. I have also found government, public domain photos for a client to use, charging only nominally for the research time. I simply think the Navionics' terms, especially when all the truly hard work of charting has been handed to them for nearly free and they have only repackaged the goods, is unreasonable, given the usage. Fortunately, there are other solutions.
donal