Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!hacgate!ashtate!dbase!cy From: cy@dbase.A-T.COM (Cy Shuster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: lengthy insane response to Re: Software piracy Keywords: "ownership is theft", Proudhon Message-ID: <598@dbase.A-T.COM> Date: 15 Jun 90 16:52:24 GMT References: <3914@moondance.cs.uq.oz.au> <56447.2673B586@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> <9243@paperboy.OSF.ORG> <41882@apple.Apple.COM> <36990@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <11064@claris.com> <37051@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: cy@dbase.UUCP (Cy Shuster) Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale, Calif. Lines: 12 In article <37051@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> thom@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Thom Gillespie) writes: > >p.s. If it makes anyone happy I'm will to state the 'piracy is not theft' Tell it to a judge. How will you explain the difference? It's amazing how the ease of committing a crime, and the small chance of being caught, can warp some people's morals. When color copiers can do a good job on currency, how many will try it? (I understand the government is already copy-protecting our next release of currency!) --Cy-- cy@dbase.a-t.com Disclaimer: My job depends on my company being able to make a profit.