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- From: benw@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (bennett.weber)
- Subject: Re: The piracy argument to end all arguments....
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:08:14 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.140814.2560@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- References: <92322.143017CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Nov18.090412.19810@microware.com> <92324.153304CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu>
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- In article <92324.153304CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu> Chris "Slothman" Stoy <CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >
- >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?
-
- No. Otherwise you would die. And this is recognized legally.
-
- >If you were starving on the street, would it be wrong for you to
- >steal some food?
-
- No. Otherwise you would die. But you'd have to be willing to pay
- the consequences if you were caught.
-
- >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.
-
- Otherwise what? Would you die? No. Heaven forfend, you might
- have to do calculations manually. You'd have to go without playing
- "Blasters from the planet Zimbo". You might have to even (God forgive
- me) use a TYPEWRITER or even a PEN to write a paper (I'm getting chills...).
-
- >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
- >
-
- Geez, you lose in a battle of wills against a computer game?
- When you get into the "Real World", you're gonna have one hell of
- a surprise. Since when does a computer game fall into the "essential human
- need strong enough to break the law" category? (Food, Clothing, Shelter,
- BlastoPuppies). This falls under the "SPOILED BRAT"(R) category.
-
- And no fair blaming the hamster!
-
- >
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- >Chris "Slothman" Stoy | DISCLAIMER: The views expressed within are not
- >cms129 at psuvm | mine but those of my pet hamster Gizmo. HE'S
- >cms129@psuvm.psu.edu | responsible for this! Blame him! ^^^^
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- Ben Weber
- AT&T Network Systems @ Bell Labs
- Middletown, NJ
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