Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!sce!warpdrive!stewartw From: stewartw@warpdrive.UUCP (Stewart Winter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: No more Cinemaware stuff for Amiga !!!???? Message-ID: <6712@warpdrive.UUCP> Date: 1 Aug 89 21:18:38 GMT References: <268@nrcvax.NRC.COM> <30140@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <4929@alvin.mcnc.org> <1989Jul24.163632.23920@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 39 In article kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes: >That's the problem with software piracy- people look at how well their >program is selling, and then they go and figure that the 10,000 kids >who've illegally copied it would have bought it were it not available >under the Jolly Roger. That, I'm afraid, is utterly absurd. >Have I pirated? Yeah, plenty, but not much on the Amiga. On the C64 > [...] >reward its programmers for their fantastic job. So, when I feel like >something pretty to look at or play, I either go ftp a Badge Demo or >hoist the Jolly Roger once again. I play the game for a day and get > >Now, people are going to say "But if you can't afford it and it's not >to be had for rent, that's your tough luck! You still can't pirate >it." But you're mistaken. If I could afford this stuff, I wouldn't >pirate- but I'm not going to go without because someone else is going Hey, Robert I just bought this TV, but reception around here stinks and I can't afford cable. So like I just hooked the old TV up to the neighbours cable line. Why should they care? After all it's my god-given right to have what everyone else has even if I can't afford it. I mean the cable company wouldn't be seeing any of this money, right. Actually, I don't hook it up all the time. Only when I really feel like watching something interesting do I hoist the Jolly Roger. Those TV shows are boring ... I get tired of them really quickly ... so many reruns. If you can't afford the software, don't buy the computer. We don't have the right to something just because we can't afford it (with the possible exception of necessities). The cable TV company doesn't run the cable by your house just to keep you amused ... it's a business. Software is no different. Stewart -- Stewart Winter Cognos Incorporated S-mail: P.O. Box 9707 VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x3830 FAX: (613) 738-0002 3755 Riverside Drive UUCP: uunet!cognos!stewartw Ottawa, Ontario "The bird for the day is .... canary winged parakeet." CANADA K1G 3Z4