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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: <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>
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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?
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