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Subject: Re:  Program Piracy
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Date: Sun, 29-May-83 09:17:23 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 29 09:17:23 1983
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From:      Charlie Strom NYU 


Let's be logical about this - we have never heard (and never will hear) about
someone being sued for making 20 copies of a commercial program to store
away "just in case"... It seems to me that licensing agreements notwithstanding
there is little doubt what constitutes software piracy.

Uncopyable software is a function of the hardware - there is no such thing
in the CP/M world, for example. Another good reason not to buy an Apple!
I for one refuse to be at the mercy of the dealer to depend on for the
replacement of a damaged disk (which will always follow Murphy's law) and
do not want the taint of piracy on me just because I feel that I should have
a right to make a reasonable number of backup copies (and only I can determine
what reasonable means) of some software upon which my bread and butter may
depend!