Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!van-bc!questor!asmith From: asmith@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Adam Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Adobe Type Manager to NeXT Message-ID: Date: 21 Apr 91 11:11:58 GMT References: <479@heaven.woodside.ca.us> Organization: Questor - Free Internet/Usenet*Vancouver*BC::+1 604 681 0670 Lines: 34 > As it is, an enormous amount of software is pirated. Indignant users > tend to forget the damage that they do to the entire industry (and hence > themselves) by stealing software that they are "entitled to". Just because > the media cost is so low and copying is so easy doesn't lessen the value > of the product. > > The printing industry went through something like this, I believe, when > the photocopier was invented. It's still not entirely settled, and they > don't even get a copy that's as good as the original. With all due respect Glenn, and I DO mean that, the software industry is not without it's unethical behavious on the other side of that fence. A quick look at most software licenses will confirm that. I agree with you that piracy is in almost every way unethical and illegal and happens far too often. I would also like to point out that in spite of your equating the book and software publishing industries battles with "piracy" (copyright infringement actually), there have been no book publishers to the best of my knowledge that have gone out of business becuase of the advent of the photocopier. I hope you caught my comments in a separate post. I'd be interested in hearing your reactions/opinions. cheers adam ########################################################################## asmith@questor.wimsey.bc.ca The Chameleon Papers - Vancouver, BC Graphic Artist - Bad Mood Guy - NeXT user Human beings are a great disappointment to me, and it doesn't help one bit that I am one --SF ########################################################################## Fingers Down The Throat Of Love