Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!gatech!udel!mmdf From: DAVEA%CERNVM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (David Almond) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Piracy Message-ID: <5905@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 9 Dec 88 14:15:16 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 40 While reading this intresting debate about piracy I would like to throw my tuppence worth. As a computer operator in education (ex) I had a great deal of trouble getting people to understand copywright . If there was a class of ten machines sitting in a group and the lecturer wanted to teach something using product X they usually saw no reason why they shouldnt buy one product and copy it 10 times. Despite coming out with all the usual reasons and explanations they just could not see the problem. Even when buying software, if I was buying then I would evaluate a site licence or a multi-licence because thats what I learnt was the right thing to do . The problem became really intense when you bring in the adult student. You then get the situation A) I like this software I use in class, can I have a copy b) Would you like a copy of this software I use at home AAAAGHHHHHH It used to drive me nuts trying to keep the books straight and everyone though I was on some sort of moral crusade. I think we are stuck with the situation where those people who produce copy protection think they are helping prevent piracy by protecting. Us honest users tear out our hair trying to use the software with copy protection And the pirates dont care either way because they dont have the imagination to realise the damage they do. Denmark is the obvious place where a country has been blitzed by people copying software will nilly and where any honest software vendore wouldnt go a near with a barge pole because they know there sales are going to be low and that piracy will do the rest. Although I think there are some ideas to beat this thing none will eradicate the problem until the pirates are made to think about the error of their ways and this they wont do because they dont have the imagination to care!!!