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From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim)
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Subject: Re: Software piracy
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Date: 12 Jun 90 20:53:08 GMT
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In article <4666@castle.ed.ac.uk> erci18@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) writes:

>	Actually I think the best way is to legalise 'piracy'. It's
>unstoppable anyway and chasing people who copy software is a waste of
>everbody's time and effort.
>		Tony

Oh yes, I whole-heartedly agree!  My software took me a year to develop and
since I'm a one-man company, I don't have much overhead.  I just have to feed
and clothe myself and pay rent.  I was charging $200 a copy instead of the
$30,000 site licenses my nearest competitor charges.  (Absolutely true.)
But what the heck, this is the ideal solution to stop piracy!  Starting
tommorrow, anyone who wants a copy of my program can get it for free!

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