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- From: jprad@faatcrl.faa.gov (Jack Radigan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: PIRACY
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 15:19:23 GMT
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- thom@cs.mun.ca (Thomas Clancy) writes:
-
- >Again, MORALS and LAWS vary greatly, I believe in Spain or somewhere there
- >abouts, there is no such thing as copywritten software, it's a free for all,
- >and it is acceptable to do such things. Again, I said I do *NOT* condone
- >piracy, I can mearly see both sides of the story. And yes, I am quite
- >capable of making up my own mind [some consider me stubborn or pig-headed
- >8-) ]
-
- Well, thanks for confirming your position on piracy since your previous
- post did seem to cast you as a fence-sitter...
-
- Also, while there are still places that don't recognize Copyright Law, it's
- not really pertinent to the issue of piracy in places that do, is it? Besides,
- companies do not export their products to countries that don't offer Copyright
- protection, so the argument is rather pointless anyway.
-
- I'm still a bit puzzled however, what "side" is there to piracy to "see"?
- Outside of evaluating a program before purchasing it, which is the only ethical
- reason I can see for using something that you don't own, I can't think of
- anything that allows one to use a pirated copy of software without violating
- the law in the process.
-
- -jack-
-