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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!darekm
- From: darekm@microsoft.com (Darek Mihocka)
- Subject: Re: Old software
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.195917.26248@microsoft.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 19:59:17 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Jul23.213357.28919@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
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- In article <1992Jul23.213357.28919@oakhill.sps.mot.com> jeffh@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Jeff Hunsinger-MUX_Tech) writes:
- >Remember when there was a big movement to see if the old games had been
- >released into the public domain (or to get the companies to do so)? Well,
- >my results after contacting numerous companies were:
- >No reply.
- >No way.
- >
- >So...
- >
- >If you can find it for sale, buy it. If not, copy it.
- >I hope to establish a "clearinghouse" for orphan software RSN...
- >
- >Jeff
-
- Amazing. Not only are you offering to pirate software and telling other
- people to do so, but you're actually offering to do this for people.
- Not for free, I'm sure. How much do you plan to charge people for this?
- Do you plan on sending any of the profits to the original companies
- like Sierra or are you gonna bag all the profits yourself.
-
- Hey, I have another profitable idea for you. Break into warehouses
- and storage lockers and steal the merchandise and re-sell it. Heck,
- go and break into people's home during the day when they're not there.
- After all, they're not using at the moment. They don't need the stuff!
-
- Let's forget the fact that the people will come home and want to use it.
- Let's ignore the possibility that this software may at some time be
- repackaged or brought to market again. Let's forget that somebody still
- owns the rights to that code.
-
- And give me a break. You 8-bit users are all pirates anyway, even though
- only Jeff here will admit it in public. You want me to believe that
- your typical Joe 6 Pack Atari user will be able to _only_ pirate software
- that is no longer in production and refrain from pirating software
- that is. Like your average user will _know_ which software it's "ok" to
- pirate and which it isn't.
-
- BULL****!!!! You are a complete disgrace to the Atari community. I hope
- you not only get sued by every 8-bit software developer past and present
- but that you lose your net privilidges as well. You're also pretty stupid.
- By blatantly offering your piracy services in public, you're opening yourself
- for all sorts of trouble. Moron.
-
- - Darek
-
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