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- From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
- Subject: Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? :-P )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.234354.7364@pegasus.com>
- Organization: Pegasus, Honolulu
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- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 23:43:54 GMT
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- dlanglan@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (super-dave) writes:
-
- >I very much agree. So, basically what you're saying is that software piracy
- >actually helped the gaming market by forcing the software companies to
- >release demos ;-). My point exactly! Before, the consumer was stuck with a
- >lousy game or application. Now, because of the relative ease of obliged
- >counterfeit software, the companies are obliged to release demos. Until
- >software companies are completely up-front with their customers, piracy
- >will be a viable alternative.
- >
- >Who's the enemy of the state? A guy who doesn't want to pay $350 up-front
- >for something he has no right to return or resell if it is of poor
- >quality, or the corporation that forces him to pay it?
-
- Dave: I'll admit from the outset that I'm wasting my time but you are
- doing nothing more than trying to justify your actions which are in the
- general sense, horrible.
-
- You can't fuck strangers in the ass and then say "because I did that they
- went to see their doctors and many of them discovered they had something
- wrong with them... I'm pretty cool".
-
- Somebody holding a gun to your head demanding your wallet "obliges" you
- to give them the money "its the relative ease that makes me do it",
- quite a defense.
-
- You had and have every right to return or resell anything you purchased
- if the agreement you entered into permits it. You will not die if you
- don't get to play some stupid video game.
-
- This isn't about "enemies" or "corporations" it is just convenient for
- you to think that way. "GameCo" just must be a huge, multi-million
- dollar industry (and deserving of your theft) there is no way that it
- could be two guys working from their garage could it ? There is no
- way that they net just $5,000 per month and are trying to hire somebody
- uhhh... maybe like you because they would like to grow.
-
- You're a misguided dope and one I wouldn't hope to run into but I'll
- wager you've got another 100 reasons why people who sell software are
- crooks and crooks who steal software are princes.
-
- I don't need a follow-up, I hate these "rationalization" threads.
-
- tom
- >
-