Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!bingvaxu!leah!jac423 From: jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Julius A Cisek) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies) Message-ID: <1343@leah.Albany.Edu> Date: 8 Dec 88 20:36:53 GMT References: <555@icus.islp.ny.us> <2363@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1334@leah.Albany.Edu> <5769@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Organization: The University at Albany, Computer Services Center Lines: 24 In article <5769@thorin.cs.unc.edu>, bell@unc.cs.unc.edu (Andrew Bell) writes: > Was that neighbor going to buy every piece of > of ST software if the copy protection is perfect? Don't be ridiculous. Of course not! He was a collector only because he could steal that software! > If I could make copies of porsches, I'd probably have one, even though I > can't afford to buy one. > Most big-time pirates are fairly young, and don't have the disposable > income to buy that much software. > Step one: think about what piracy actually hurts customers. That would be > piracy by business and professional people, who have the income to buy the > software. Wait a second! So what you're saying is that its okay to pirate stuff if you can't afford to buy it? That's insane! Can I steal your car because I can't afford one myself? -- What about technology, computers, .------------------. J.A.Cisek nuclear fusion? I'm terrified of |Spectral Fantasies| jac423@leah.albany.edu radiation, I hate the television. `------------------' jac423@rachel.albany.edu