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- From: shulick@yankton.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick)
- Subject: Re: I found a pirate - what shall I do?
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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:15:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.201345.5803@bnr.ca> hello@bnr.ca (Ken Orford) writes:
- >This is one of the most asinine responses I've seen since M.B. posted
- >last! Either you're incredibly stupid Sam or you're simply a jerk!
- >Piracy is wrong no matter how you cut it - and if ya ain't one of the
- >good guys then you must be a bad guy. Get a life and stop jerking
- >around people who are on the right side of the fence.
-
- Oh, come on, now. What a weak argument, Ken, really. Either I'm stupid
- or a jerk? No, try I'm realistic. And "piracy is wrong" is about as
- weak and diluted as "say no to drugs." And no, I'm not a good guy, and
- no, I'm not a bad guy. I try to be un-biased.
-
- Let's talk about realism. Do you realize how many pirates exist in the
- world? Yes, QUITE a few. Astonishing amounts. Look, I hate to say it,
- but turning one in won't do a lot of good. You could turn one in, but
- maybe somewhere in the world, someone will say "I want a copy of that
- game" and become a pirate. -1, +1. They sorta cancel out. Now maybe
- the answer to anti-piracy is stricter punishment. Heavy copy protection
- is out of the question, since the majority of the computer users despise
- heavy copy protection. I don't have the answers. I just know that
- turning in these people isn't going to solve anything. Thus my earlier
- statement: It will only hurt the pirate, and it won't help anyone.
-
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