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From: jhull@spp2.UUCP (Jeff Hull)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: Book of Shipwrecks needed. (what makes you think it's piracy?)
Message-ID: <497@spp2.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 00:00:00 EST
Article-I.D.: spp2.497
Posted: Thu Mar 28 00:00:00 1985
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References: <218@cmu-ri-leg.ARPA> <9150@brl-tgr.ARPA> <203@ihu1n.UUCP> <1356@ukma.UUCP> <207@ihu1n.UUCP> <1395@uRe: Book of Shipwrecks needed. (what makes you think it's piracy?) <1448@ukma.UUCP>
Reply-To: jhull@spp2.UUCP (Jeff Hull)
Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach  CA
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Summary: Piracy is a problem for ALL of us.

First we have Michael Jenkin University of Toronto
>>Yes  but if you received a car without a hubcap you'd probably go
>>back to the distributor to get a new one, rather than asking people
>>on the street if you can borrow theirs.

Then, in article <1448@ukma.UUCP> sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) writes:
>You don't seem to be getting my point... in this country you are 
>innocent until proven guilty. 
>
>I have had to deal with software companies before, ... I would find it 
>much easier... to copy (a manual) from a friend than to correspond with 
>the software company.

While I absolutely agree with Sean (& current American jurisprudence)
that a person accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty, I am
also aware that an "it's not MY problem" attitude is necessary for
behavior like software piracy to continue.

How often do you think people would continue to pass around stolen
(that's what it is, you know) software if they knew that the community
(that's us, folks) would take action against them were such behavior
discovered.

Perhaps Mike made an imprudent conclusion, but I would ask the original
poster to follow up with the original serial number of his copy of the
program before I sent him a copy of the book.  And I ask that anyone
else out there who is considering sending him a copy do the same.  And
I would check that the serial number has the same format as my own.
...

-- 
 Blessed Be,

 Jeff Hull            {decvax,hplabs,ihnp4,scdrdcf,ucbvax}
 13817 Yukon Ave.         trwrb!trwspp!spp2!jhull
 Hawthorne, CA 90250