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From: cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
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Subject: Re: Copy protection and the consumer
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Date: 27 Jan 88 16:55:44 GMT
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> But if it's true, let's look at your average pirate.  Again, if anyone
> has data I'd like to know, but I'd think the typical pirate is someone
> who takes the software someone else acquired and wants it for personal
> use.  [Rationale: if they were going to use it for business they'd
> justify it as a business expense and would pay for it; they'd also
> want updates and complete manuals.]
> 
> So if these premises are true (and, again, I don't claim they are, though I
> suspect so) then we have:
> 
> 	- Companies buy major software packages
> 	- Individuals pirate major software packages

Nope.  My experience has been that companies pirate software at least
as much as individuals.  Companies are more likely to get caught
(disgruntled employee quits, calls the manufacturer and rats on the
company), but I've seen lots of both.

Clayton E. Cramer