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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!uum1!kksys.com!quest!orbit!pnet51!chucks
  2. From: chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Piracy
  5. Message-ID: <8686@orbit.cts.com>
  6. Date: 19 Nov 92 09:05:00 GMT
  7. Sender: news@orbit.cts.com
  8. Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN.
  9. Lines: 17
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  11. SS
  12. Skip, take a chill pill.
  13.  
  14. No one is justifying piracy.  Most people agree that it is wrong.  What people
  15. are pointing out, is that piracy is not theft.  i
  16.  
  17.  
  18. it is copyright infringement.  it is still wrong, it is still ILLEGAL, and it
  19. still hurts people.  However, calling piracy theft, is like puting a gun in
  20. your  face, demanding money and calling it shoplifting.  see the picture?
  21.  
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