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From: COSC60I@elroy.uh.edu (Bandolar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Piracy
Message-ID: <1776@elroy.uh.edu>
Date: 9 Aug 89 04:29:13 GMT
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> Be _definition_, anyone breaking the law is antisocial. That's true
> if you go 60MPH in a 55MPH zone, or you pirate software. 
No!  A GROUP of people who were given thousands of dollars under the table
and in campaign contributions decided that it is anti-social.  For about 
the same reason that the Stealth bomber program has programs in 48 out of
the 50 states.  It may be *MORALLY* wrong to pirate software.  It may
be *MORALLY* wrong to charge $50 for a non-working piece of junk too.
But, in either case, just because a majority of people in Washington deciding
to make it illegal doesn't make it morally wrong to pirate software.  Think
for yourself.  Not all laws are good.  The less of them the better.

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