Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!shamash!raspail!bga From: bga@raspail.cdcnet.cdc.com (Bruce Albrecht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Software theives Message-ID: <2361@raspail.cdcnet.cdc.com> Date: 19 Aug 89 15:18:26 GMT References: <30706@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <6846@rpi.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Control Data Corporation, Arden Hills, MN Lines: 12 In article <6846@rpi.edu>, kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes: > (Some people might think this to be a shift in attitudes coming from > me. Most people probably don't care one way or the other. But, I > consider actually lifting product from the shelves to be a crime. I > don't consider, say, an employee taking a piece of software home, > copying it, bringing it back and re-shelving it with new labels and > all to be a crime in the slightest.) Oh really? How is it different for the store employee to copy something, than it is for a prospective customer to copy it? I could understand the store employee taking it home and playing with it to gain familiarity and then returning it, but copying is stealing. Period.