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From: peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: About Software Piracy!
Message-ID: <529@nuchat.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 88 05:04:13 GMT
References: <1962@houxa.UUCP> <1356@vaxwaller.UUCP> <38324@sun.uucp>
Organization: Public Access - Houston, Tx
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In article <1356@vaxwaller.UUCP> (Rich Commins) writes:
>  If a person BUYS a copy of program X and then downloads a copy of
>  program X that is not copyprotected from a hacker's BBS to use on a
>  harddisk or for making backups, is he still considered a pirate?

Well, back when I was using Apple-2s an, um, friend of mine bought Wizardry.
It didn't last long. The copy protection scheme was so tight that the
master disk just stopped working after a while. Made Silent Service look like
a wimp :->.

Anyway, after getting the disk replaced it died again. My, um, friend got
a broken version of the disk with no copy protection. Worked fine... much
more reliable than the original.