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From: wjb@burl.UUCP (Bill Buie)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Software Piracy
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Date: Tue, 3-Apr-84 11:33:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  3 11:33:40 1984
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>The answer to the current problem of piracy is very simple.
>Allow customers to copy all the software they want. Then have
>the new owners send in a $5-$10 dollar  payment to the author.

>Also why not sell these newly registered owners the documentation
>for a reasonable cost (1 to 20 dollars). 

The answer to the current problem is *NOT* that simple.  People who
rationalize that it's moral to steal that which belongs to another
person ultimately are going to pick another rationalization to steal
when the old one becomes obsolete.

To put it another way, I really do doubt that a substantial number
of pirates out there are going to send in money that they don't have
to.  Why aren't they sending it in now?
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				--Bill Buie