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From: jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Julius A Cisek)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <1350@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 9 Dec 88 18:36:20 GMT
References: <555@icus.islp.ny.us> <2363@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1334@leah.Albany.Edu> <39@microsoft.UUCP>
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In article <39@microsoft.UUCP>, w-colinp@microsoft.UUCP (Colin Plumb) writes:
> Stealing a car [...] deprives the (former) owner
> of the use of the car.  Copying (whether of a car or a program) doesn't.
> It only deprives the copyright holder of revenue.  If you could tell that
> a person was not going to purchase something, there is no harm in them having
> a copy.  Of course, in this world, it's hard to tell.  Still, I think I
> can safely say that the copy of WordPerfect I have for the Amiga (used once,
> hated it, now collecting dust until I need another floppy for Fish Disks)
> isn't depriving WP corp. of any revenue.

So the car analogy was pretty awful. :-)

Grrrr...  There are many people who pirate stuff even though they  COULD
afford it. Didn't someone recently say how businesses and schools pirate
stuff as well? There is NO way to rationalize pirating! You may  do  it,
but don't say that its okay!
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