Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!allegra!eagle!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!strom@brl-bmd From: strom%brl-bmd@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Re: Program Piracy Message-ID: <1642@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-May-83 09:17:23 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1642 Posted: Sun May 29 09:17:23 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Jun-83 08:14:42 EDT Lines: 16 From: Charlie Strom NYULet'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!