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From: buyse@convex.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: pirating, etc.
Message-ID: <64800024@convex>
Date: 17 Mar 88 22:04:00 GMT
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Nf-From: convex.UUCP!buyse    Mar 17 16:04:00 1988


It is apparent that you are not very well versed on this subject.

Taking up the "no one can buy a modem under 35" proposal, I might point
out that this constitutes an unreasonable discrimination on the basis of
age.  There is not sufficient cause to promote such a ban only because
there is a positive correlation between a particular age groups and the
degree of pirating within that age group.

I also add that I do not believe that the main sources of original
software that are subsequently pirated come from dealer's stores when the
sales persons "are not looking".

Finally, laws are not written and passed by the loosely described
"government or anyone".  Brush up on your legislative process.

Personally, I believe pirating to be a much less severe issue in the last
couple of years as compared with the early eighties.  More and more
makers of excellent software are dropping copy protection schemes, and
the purchasers of this software no longer need to deprotect the software
in order to make archival backups for legitimate purposes.

-Russell Buyse.

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