ultimajk
Member Since: 31 Oct 2007
Location: leyland, Lancashire
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I am looking to back up my 2008 Satnav disk and storing it  in my mates disco.
has anyone tried backing these up? If so have you experienced any issues.
Cheers
John
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DiscoStu
Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
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I predict you'll get in trouble for that 
However, if you were backing it up and storing it indoors, I'm sure people would be able to help  Disco 5 HSE Lux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peyiqaJrmMU
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| 19th Nov 2007 11:43 am |
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Slimer
Site Moderator
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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I suspect supporting a friendly Yeovil dealers parts dept. would be the morally better and more legal thing to do  The End
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| 19th Nov 2007 11:48 am |
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DarrenG
Member Since: 31 Jan 2007
Location: Hampshire
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It's no more acceptable than any other form of theft, don't. Darren Griffin
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| 19th Nov 2007 1:31 pm |
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Hollywood619
Member Since: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Sunny California
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Sorry guys, but what can you possibly be talking about that it is illegal to back up your own disc? I understand if you are making copies, but are you saying that in Britain you can't back up software? I have noticed you fellas are quite the legal eagles on this site, but WOW!
Edit- I see the initial post now about "storing" in a vehicle of a friend. Not exactly cool, but his choice nonetheless. Now how exactly will he get in trouble, from the GPS police, or maybe the copyright gestapo will come to his house.
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| 19th Nov 2007 1:50 pm |
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DarrenG
Member Since: 31 Jan 2007
Location: Hampshire
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Any talk of 'backing up' is pure nonsense and we all know it. It matters not whether you will get caught or not, it's piracy and hence illegal.
In this case that is not even up for debate as the OP has stated his intentions.
I don't thieve because I know its wrong, not because I think there is little possibility of getting caught. Darren Griffin
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| 19th Nov 2007 2:25 pm |
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heapster
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Sussex
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Ripping off £100 satnav DVD for a £30k car is pretty distasteful.
Next thing we'll be seeing clothes pegs and drive tarmaccing in the "For Sale and Wanted" section.
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| 19th Nov 2007 2:35 pm |
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ultimajk
Member Since: 31 Oct 2007
Location: leyland, Lancashire
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DarrenG wrote:It's no more acceptable than any other form of theft, don't.
fair comment and point taken. For the cost of a new disk it isnt worth upsetting anyone so I wont be doing it.
John
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| 19th Nov 2007 2:39 pm |
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DarrenG
Member Since: 31 Jan 2007
Location: Hampshire
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I don't mean to preach here but as my site is victim to lost of piracy of our safety camera database it grates a bit. Some see nothing wrong in stealing software but its not victimless whether it is a three man outfit such as mine or a large operation such as Navteq.
We used to offer a £2/month subscription but had so many people subscribe then post the files on forums, sell them on eBay etc that we had to drop it in favour of annual only which has reduced the problem a lot. Although we can identify the source from tracking data in a file the thieves were willing to risk the loss of £2 to pirate it. And so the occasional honest subscriber for whom £2 was affordable every 3mths or so has lost out and now has to either pay £19 for a years subscription or do without. Darren Griffin
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| 19th Nov 2007 2:41 pm |
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Very Annoyed
Member Since: 19 Nov 2005
Location: Up there, past the strange people and the sheep.
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As a photographer I'm always having copyright photographs stolle and used without fees on various web sites. I've lost £ thousands! Loving the power of the TDV8!
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| 19th Nov 2007 2:52 pm |
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Hollywood619
Member Since: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Sunny California
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Look, I agree that making copies and selling/giving away is wrong and illegal. I made a backup of my disc for my own security and nothing else. Sorry for touching on an obviously sore subject. Does this mean I can't ask for help with mechanical or electrical issues because it is taking food from the mouth of an LR tech? J/K, don't answer that. Some of you guys need to lighten up a little.
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| 19th Nov 2007 2:58 pm |
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simonsi
Member Since: 14 Oct 2007
Location: Auckland
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Hollywood619 wrote:Look, I agree that making copies and selling/giving away is wrong and illegal.
Well that is exactly what the original poster was going to do.
Hollywood619 wrote: Does this mean I can't ask for help with mechanical or electrical issues because it is taking food from the mouth of an LR tech?
No, various bits of European klegislation specifically allow you to service your vehicle however you choose and even have the warranty protected, not good to compare that situation with outright theft surely???
Hollywood619 wrote:Some of you guys need to lighten up a little.
I doubt it, these guys have lost real money... Cheers
Simon
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| 19th Nov 2007 3:08 pm |
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John C
Member Since: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
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Software piracy really does cost people money - certainly developers/software houses. I couldn't put a figure on it, but I'm sure that this is reflected in prices handed on to the consumer. 2020 SDV6 D5 HSE, Carpathian Grey +
2022 Tesla Model Y LR... almost Carpathian Grey
Previously : 2005 TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue (288K) - ours for 16 years
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| 19th Nov 2007 3:32 pm |
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TazDaz
Member Since: 07 May 2007
Location: South East Essex
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some many years ago, a friend and I spent a long time developing and writing an excellent piece of software for the BBC computer. People that tested this for us were extremely happy with this. We decided to burn this to EPROM for the 'beeb and sell it through magazines and A.R. rallys. At first it went well but within 3 months orders dribbled to a stop, This confused us but when attending a rally at Brighton we discovered quite a few people selling a much cheaper (renamed) program on EPROM that did all ours did. We purchased one and when we downloaded the code we discovered our names in the coding. It was our code byte for byte, blatantly pirated (and protection was non existant then). Never ever wrote commercial software after that. It cost us more money to develop the software than we ever re-couped.
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| 19th Nov 2007 7:28 pm |
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