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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
- Subject: Re: Open response to Illegal binary files.
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 96 18:12:30
- Organization: Private node.
- Distribution: world
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- Kenneth J Flagg (emu+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
- : Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga.audio: 22-Feb-96 Re: Open response
- : to Illega.. by Timothy Kelly@ix.netcom.
- : > Blue Ribbon is doing all a favor by posting their software on
- : > Compuserve. Remember its still copyrighted, and still being sold
- : > outside US where Amigas are still being made and sold.
- : >
- :
- : And what is the difference between downloading it from Compuserve
- : and downloading it from a newsgroup?
-
- The difference is, it's illegal to download it from a newsgroup, whereas it
- isn't illegal to download it from Compu$erve.
-
- : None. There is no piracy invloved. Blue Ribbon loses no money.
- : It's just elitist to put it on Compuserve and nowhere else.
-
- Doesn't mean you aren't violating copyright. Do as you will.
-
- -- Mat.
-