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From: Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: No more Cinemaware stuff for Amiga !!!????
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Date: 4 Aug 89 04:26:46 GMT
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Karl, Oh come now!! I agree with you on your points concerning piracy and
the brain damaged nimrods that complain that if they can't afford it then
it is ok to copy it. This is silly. I can't afford to buy a diamond ring,
does that make it ok to STEAL it? Of course not.

What I disagree with is the notion that there is rabid piracy in the Amiga
world. This is FAR from the truth. The Amiga comunity per capita does less
'un authorized' backups than any of the other machines. I base this on
meetings (user groups), numerous friends I know with other machines, etc..
The WORST by far is MS-DOS! I know 10-20 people who have thousands of disks,
and what is scary... one of them is a police officer!! 

I don't know what types of software you usually do Karl, but it is a dis-
service to the Amiga community, and your company for not atleast 'testing
the waters'. I mean how can companies like GoldDisk, etc make money if
piracy is as bad as you claim. I am not saying that piracy does not exist
in the Amiga comunity. What I am saying is that it is foolish to base the
entire thing on one bad thing that happend.

	- Doug -

Doug_B_Erdely@Cup.Portal.Com