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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: lotus chairman makes 26 million
Keywords: copy protection piracy
Message-ID: <1122@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: 29 May 88 06:34:00 GMT
References: <9160@cisunx.UUCP> <1801@uhccux.UUCP> <807@netxcom.UUCP> <203@proxftl.UUCP>
Organization: McGill University, Montreal
Lines: 23
Posted: Sun May 29 02:34:00 1988

In article <203@proxftl.UUCP>, bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells) writes:
> In article <160@execu.EXECU>, dewey@execu.EXECU (dewey henize) writes:
>> You CAN NOT convince someone who steals copyrighted programs that
>> they shouldn't

This is not always true; some (most?) software copiers are perfectly
well aware that they shouldn't be.

> Agreed.  A software pirate is a thief, no matter what justifications
> he may give, and in spite of our calling him a `software pirate'.
> Arguing with him will not change his feelings.

Legally, yes: current law agrees with this point of view.  But a
software pirate is a thief only if you recognize the notion of
intellectual property, and I've found that not everyone does.

(I think I have some idea where I stand, but I do not argue on either
side on the net, so I'll refrain from stating which view I hold.)

					der Mouse

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