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- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!psuvax1!psuvm!cms129
- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:33:04 EST
- From: Chris "Slothman" Stoy <CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92324.153304CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: The piracy argument to end all arguments....
- References: <torban.721901669@csuvax1> <69657@cup.portal.com>
- <92322.143017CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Nov18.090412.19810@microware.com>
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- In article <1992Nov18.090412.19810@microware.com>, jejones@microware.com (James
- Jones) says:
- >
- >In article <92322.143017CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu> CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu
- >(ChrisSlothman Stoy) writes:
- >> The answer to question 2 (which is what most of the people here seem to be
- >>arguinng about) is not as clear. There is no standard morality for the human
- >>race.
- >
- >True, but some things seem to be fairly uniformly deprecated, e.g. murder and
- >theft. Software "piracy" falls in the latter category.
- >
- Let me ask you this: If someone were trying to kill you, would it be wrong to
- kill them? If you were starving on the street, would it be wrong for you to
- steal some food? A lot of people's actions are based on what they have and
- what they need at the moment. If you have the money and you need a piece of
- software, then you'll buy it (or at least you should). If you don't have the
- money and you need the software, then you'll get it however you can. If your
- need is great enough, you'll walk into a store and steal it. It's much easier
- to find someone who already baught it and make a copy of it, and a lot less
- risky.
- Wait, this is starting to sound like I support piracy. I don't. It's just that
- a lot of you here on the net seem to forget that not everyone can afford the
- new BlastoPuppies (c) game and it's a REAL HARD (R) temptation to resist
- getting a copy from your friend. It's hard to justify spending $50 of money
- you don't really have on a game that will keep you entertained for at most 2
- weeks. (ooohhh... I can feel the flames comming from this one...)
-
- > James Jones
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