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- From: starman@crash.amigans.gen.nz (Robin Halligan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: PIRACY
- Message-ID: <starman.03sd@crash.amigans.gen.nz>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:07:46 PST
- References: <1992Nov16.184751.8542@cs.mun.ca>
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- Thomas Clancy (thom@cs.mun.ca) wrote:
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- [lots of bits now pirated to dev/null]
- :
- : Another silly bit of "logic"... When a disc is copied you are using your
- : own physical "MATERIAL". Trying to drag in car re-designing and rewriting
- : books is just plain silly. Besides, you would still be given "material"
- : goods... [paper, car parts etc;]. Perhaps you should "get a clue"
-
- Just a point here When someone pays for a software pack in most instances
- thay pay for the disk/ the manual/ the packageing/ AND THE RIGHT TO USE THE
- SOFTWARE not the software itself.
- Thus using the software without paying is a crime and theft is a good term for
- it.
-
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- Starman@crash.amigans.gen.nz (Robin Halligan)
- Amigans Public Access UUCP Node Wanganui New Zealand
-
- I'm a K 1 W 1 from the land of the long white cloud
- from the day i begun till the day i'm done
- I'm a K1W1
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