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From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP (John B. Nagle)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.legal
Subject: Re: Software Piracy
Message-ID: <188@wdl1.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 17:16:46 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  5 17:16:46 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 9-Apr-84 05:31:37 EST
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    Piracy is a real problem for the high-cost business package.
One big plus is that at the high end, users expect support, and when someone
calls in asking for help, one has a chance to find out if he is legit or
not by asking for the serial number of his package.  Once you find someone
with an unauthorized copy, dealing with them is a problem, but with some of
the new anti-piracy laws, putting them behind bars is getting easier.  It's
a hassle getting them prosecuted, but it's amazing how the word gets around 
that you don't tolerate piracy once you get somebody jailed.