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From: winkler@harvard.ARPA (Dan Winkler)
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Subject: Re: Pirated VersaTerm Hits the Net
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Date: Thu, 30-May-85 11:09:51 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 30 11:09:51 1985
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> pirated version of my Copyrighted Version 1.00 of VersaTerm.  The poster was:
> --> From: newton@reed.UUCP (Physics Super User)
> --> Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
> The fraud claiming to have written the program is:
> --> R. E. Crandall
> --> 5445 SE 41
> --> Portland, OR   97202
> this person replaced my Copyright notice, my picture and my name with 
> his name, Company (logo?) and a plea for $75 to be sent to his address.

VersaTerm is a good program at a fair price which is supported well.
Furthermore, Lonnie posted an early version of it in recognition of the
support he had received from the net and has since been a frequent
contributer of valuable technical information.

Copy protection has proved completely ineffective against software
piracy.  A much better defense is to provide a good product with good
documentation and support at a fair price, as Lonnie Abelbeck has.
Let's take this pirated posting as an opportunity to show that we
support products like VersaTerm and that they are consequently immune
to piracy even if distributed illegally over the net.  Let's make it
clear to other software vendors that quality and fairness on their part
is the best (and only) defense against piracy.

I'll begin by reporting that on the Harvard Vax the pirated copy of
VersaTerm, formerly /usr/spool/news/net/sources/mac/303, has been
deleted.  
	
Dan. (winkler@harvard)