Head Tracking with Cliffs of Dover

[MadBlaster]

Originally Posted by SEE

This argument is a bit like two pilots in a turning battle and neither can get the angle.......one has to break.

I will post this in both threads as they are essentially the same and, as a user of both systems, have been the 'devils advocate' for too long. So both sets of combatants read the following! I added the RED text to version violation.

Text strings bearing explicit notice of "EyeControl Technologies" copyright (former name of NaturalPoint, Inc.) can be found within previous versions of the library in question. However, the strings have been encrypted in recent versions of the library to hide them. The continued presence of the strings can be verified by connecting to the interface and reading them.

The creators of FreeTrack did not deny copyright infringement at this time.

During early releases FreeTrack V1 the source for their TrackIR Enhanced DLL was publicly viewable. The copyrighted strings were clearly visible in the file NPClient_h.pas. Since that time, the developers have removed public access to the TrackIR Enhanced DLL in their source control system , while the rest of their source remains open to the public.

You can assert your rights all you want. That doesn't mean there aren't exceptions where these rights are not enforceable. Again, Copyright Act section 107 "fair use" clause when the use is non-commercial or section 102 where you have no rights in the first place. Also, the fact that Freetrack creators did not deny copyright infringement doesn't make it so. Also, TIRViews.dll must be a a hack too??? The difference here is, this is not non-commercial fair use. This is commercial. A profit motive. Big freakin' difference. NP is trying to sell their products, so they made a hack to games so user can have 6dof for games that did not intend to have it. What's their legal cover??? More NDA for all these games??? B.S. Also, why does NP make their dll freely available to the public if they are so worried about copyright violation by Freetrack??? Maybe because they don't want to get called on it??? Also, why does W-R keep quoting TRIPs??? Good luck enforcing that. We aren't in the NWO yet. Nation states still follow their own laws when the rubber hits the road. And W-R is really streeeetching that case anyway. He assumes WTO would override section 102 and 107 of U.S. copyright Act and that the U.S. would actually enforce such a thing. Where's the precedent??? There is none. More B.S.