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From: mckeeman@wivax.UUCP
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Subject: re: software piracy
Message-ID: <19338@wivax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Mar-84 18:03:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 28 18:03:33 1984
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There is little disagreement that using software that is
for sale and for which you have not paid is wrong.  So is
making a copy of an article out of BYTE.  The most
effective solution I have seen is software that announces
its ownership and how to pay for it, and where to get the
documentation.  If the software is real cheap ($15+costs)
most folks will prefer to pay to have a clear conscience.
The documentation is much easier to protect -- print it in
a xerox-combatting color or size.  And charge more for it.
I paid $60 for the IBM DOS manual and to my surprise found
a DOS-floppy in it.  The folks who are trying to follow
the American dream and get rich (not the poor little fellow
hunched over his ADM3) will have to learn to protect their
products.  It is illegal to rob a bank.  It is also hard
and dangerous.  You also do not brag about it in public.

(FLAME ON)
Let's hear more inventiveness and less whining on this
issue.
(FLAME OFF)

Bill McKeeman  Wang Institute  ...decvax!wivax!mckeeman