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  2. From: noah@apple.com (Noah Price)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: Why the Piracy? Here's why...
  5. Message-ID: <noah-050193093437@noah.apple.com>
  6. Date: 5 Jan 93 17:44:20 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec17.165626.293@physc1.byu.edu> <1992Dec18.124705.11418@tdb.uu.se> <noah-040193095748@noah.apple.com> <C0D9q1.H6r@news.udel.edu>
  8. Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
  9. Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer
  10. Organization: (not the opinions of) Apple Computer, Inc.
  11. Lines: 20
  12.  
  13. In article <C0D9q1.H6r@news.udel.edu>, kurisuto@chopin.udel.edu (Sean J.
  14. Crist) wrote:
  15. > 
  16. > In article <noah-040193095748@noah.apple.com> noah@apple.com (Noah Price) writes:
  17. > 
  18. > >Yah, people use that argument for shoplifting as well...
  19.  
  20. > If you don't make this distinction, you would have to claim that making a
  21. > copy of an application which your friend bought is morally identical to
  22. > walking into a store and stealing a shrink-wrapped software package off the
  23. > shelf.
  24.  
  25. Yup.  Exactly.  The only difference is you're less likely to get caught
  26. copying your friend's disk.
  27.  
  28. noah
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  31. noah@apple.com                                 Macintosh Hardware Design
  32. ...!{sun,decwrl}!apple!noah   (not the opinions of) Apple Computer, Inc.
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