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From: kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Fred Q Zeats IV)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Rastan GS
Message-ID: <1990Oct7.050620.19014@isis.cs.du.edu>
Date: 7 Oct 90 05:06:20 GMT
References: <2114@nyx.UUCP> <13917@smoke.BRL.MIL> <2151@nyx.UUCP> <13958@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: kreme@isis.UUCP (Fred Q Zeats IV)
Organization: St. Edwards Guild (SEG)
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In article <13958@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>In article <2151@nyx.UUCP> kreme@nyx.UUCP (The Loch Ness Dog) writes:
>>In article <13917@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>>>In article <2114@nyx.UUCP> kreme@nyx.UUCP (Finnegan's wake-up call) writes:
>>>>I have pirate versions of EVERY SINGLE GAME I OWN.  And I use them to[o].
>>>I don't think there is any justification for encouraging theft.
>>Who's encoraging theft?  Did I say I have pirate copies of every game?  No.
>I read your posting carefully before responding, now please do the same
>for mine.  I wasn't implying that you personally were a thief, since you
>stated that you owned the software.  However, the pirates that you
>mention are definitely thieves (or you would be incorrect to call them
>"pirates").  By making thieves feel appreciated, you're encouraging them
>in their unethical activities.

Well, I do not equate the word "pirate" with a thief.  A pirate is someone
who buys a game and then deprotects it, nothing more, nothing less.  The
fact that most times deprotected copies of games and utilities are more
useful than their protected counterparts should not be a mark against the
people de-protecting them, but rather against the companies that use the
protection.  The only person that is affected by protection is the honest
comsumer who is not aware of, or able to get, "pirate" version of the 
software they own.

I encourage "pirate" software because it makes the software I own easier to
use.  A perfect example is Blockout.  The original game is still in it's
box.  I have the "cracked" version installed on the HD.  Another good example
is Life and Death, or just about any game.


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