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From: girardin@acsu.buffalo.edu
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Subject: re: piracy (sorry about this)
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Date: 16 Nov 89 03:04:03 GMT
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)

>In article <13263@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> girardin@acsu.buffalo.edu () writes:
>>if you consider copying software piracy, then i hope you have never
>>made a tape of a record or cd, made a copy of a videotape, etc...
>>piracy isn't limited to software.

>Certainly software isn't the only thing that can be pirated,
>and copyright protection does apply to audio and video material.
>Does that contribute to the discussion or not?  Theft is theft.

i'm hoping it will put an end to the discussion.

how many people have to justify taping a cd for their own use? or for
someone else's use? how about "best of" tapes? how many people even
realize that that is illegal? not many people get labeled "immoral"
for doing any of those things. why the double-standard? after all,
theft *is* theft.

i'd be willing to bet that record companies lose a lot more revenue
than software companies (due to illegal copies). and the record
companies are fighting just to be able to copy-protect their digital
audio tapes! (looks like i strayed a bit off track - sorry!)

even though i don't know anyone on the net personally, i don't think
that i'd be wrong if i said that most of the people condemning
"piracy" would be considered "pirates" by music industry execs.

i think that only the "non-criminals" should be allowed to continue
this discussion. (that ought to kill the discussion completely.)

i don't use any pirated software (great way to pick up a virus), but
i can understand why people do and why they don't feel bad about
doing it.

anthony girardin

just think, a "devil's advocate" is going to get flamed.