NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/sys/atari/8bit/3842

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From: [e-mail] (Jerry Dunham)
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Subject: Re: Old software
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Date: 24 Jul 92 23:49:05 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Darek Mihocka) writes:
]In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (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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So how do you REALLY feel, Darek?

                                         --Jerry Dunham
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