Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!ames!think!husc6!ginosko!uunet!crdgw1!vdsvax!perley From: perley@vdsvax.crd.ge.com (Perley Donald P) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Piracy Message-ID: <9020@vdsvax.crd.ge.com> Date: 9 Aug 89 12:20:46 GMT References:<119399@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <4030@cps3xx.UUCP> <119606@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Reply-To: perley@vdsvax.crd.ge.com (Perley Donald P) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 25 In article <119606@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: >From that point on you missed the point. A society as a whole has >morals, and those morals are written down in the laws they make. >Copying software is undeniably illegal, and by definition, society >as a whole considers it to be immoral. > >Be _definition_, anyone breaking the law is antisocial. That's true >if you go 60MPH in a 55MPH zone, or you pirate software. Small quibble here on the speed limit. New York's Thruway commissioner has said he will not raise the limit above 55. He is appointed, not elected, and doesn't have to answer to the legislature. No one can directly overturn his ruling, although the governor could fire him if it becomes a big enough issue. That is a long way from democracy and reflecting societies morals. You are on much firmer ground (at least in New York) with your stand on software, both morally, and on statistical compliance. -don perley -- -don perley perley@crd.ge.com