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From: ad58@namaste.cc.columbia.edu (Adam Deutsch)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: DOOM II Thoughts
Date: 4 Sep 1994 04:16:51 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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How can so many of you actually justify piracy of software. I mean, this
is a copyrighted intellectual property which is protected by law. Period.
You can make up any argument you want, but you are a thief, if you do it,
and that is incontrovertable. Id launched a shareware version of Doom
for a reason; now knowledge of Doom and very common in the population--
hell, it even made the New York Times. And, who the hell cares if they
own expensive cars, etc... I don't. If people create a quality item
which is very useful by people for legal recreational purposes, then so
what if they are rich. Would you argue with the creater of Roller blades,
who no doubt is loaded, or the VCR, or camcorder.
Be a thief, fine, just admit you are one and stop this feeble attempt at
justification. It is only that the nature of software makes it so
simple to perform this thievry that it is done. Now after the fact,
people try to justify their actions.