Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!midway!valley From: valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Shareware "Piracy" (was Re: Cracking games) Keywords: shareware Message-ID: Date: 21 Mar 91 18:18:01 GMT References: <1991Mar19.172138.4340@Solbourne.COM> <7808@uceng.UC.EDU> <27530@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991Mar21.153234.21760@athena.mit.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 9 ahodgson@athena.mit.edu (Antony Hodgson) writes: >> >Actually, it was $25. Get three other people to register and you've >essentially got a legit copy for free. I think it's a great idea, and >judging by the success of PC_Write, it works! It's a pyramid scheme. I wonder how soon its legality will be tested.