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- From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: I found a pirate - what shall I do?
- Message-ID: <69079@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 19:50:48 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <Bx93tw.62C@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- <1992Nov5.201345.5803@bnr.ca> <Bx9n9K.943@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
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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,
-
- How many cars theives? Rapists? Muggers? Hmm, I guess if there are all
- that many we might as well not try. Oh well. Tum de tum.
-
- >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
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Then stop your rediculous blathering.
-
- >turning in these people isn't going to solve anything. Thus my earlier
-
- Remember that the next time you are robbed, or your car is stolen, or your
- land lord treats you unfair.... don't turn them in. It won't solve
- anything.
-
- >statement: It will only hurt the pirate, and it won't help anyone.
-
- Good, hurt the pirate, that's what is needed!
-
- That's so easy for you to say. You didn't write the programs being pirated,
- Your kids aren't being fed by the money you make on this pirated software.
- Maybe if someone comes to murder your wife and rape your daughter you'll be
- more "realistic" and not report it to the police? After all, "take one
- rapist off the streets and another will just pop up." It's the theft that
- causes moral decay, not those who try to correct it.
-
- >
- >--
- >Sam Hulick | "You can't discover new oceans unless you have the
- >shulick@indiana.edu | courage to lose sight of the shore." --Anon.
- >(NeXTmail welcome) |
-
- What you are talking about is uncivilized anarchy. "If I want something, I
- just take it." This leads to total corruption and decay. Might as well go
- live in a prison without guards. See how long you last.
-
- Follow up to pirates.burn.in.hell
-
- -Joel
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- / & Senior Producer..../...Moody Broadcasting Network, Chicago, IL. USA /
- / Portal ID: joeles..../...joeles@cup.portal.com /
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