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From: seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Magazine programs
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Date: 6 Mar 88 10:20:55 GMT
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In article <403@nunki.usc.edu" rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert Jung) writes:
"  Does this mean that the magazine publishers think people buy their
"publications SOLELY for the type-in programs?  I always bought an issue of
"(fill in your favorite magazine here) for the articles/tutorials in it.
"Type-in games and programs are merely icing on the cake.
"
"  Besides, has any magazine ever persecuted anyone for uploading a
"type-in program to a BBS, or for distributing copies of a type-in program?
"Seems like a really minor point to me...
"
"
"						--R.J.
"						B-)
"
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	Whether people buy a magazine solely for the type-in programs and whether
a magazine has ever persecuted [sic] anyone for pirating their programs
isn't the point.  The point is that magazine programs are protected by
copyright just as much as any other program.  Frankly, I find the attitude of
this article frightening.  I had heard that developer's were dropping the ST
due to rampant piracy, but up until now everyone I knew took software
piracy very seriously.  Please, for the sake of fairness to those who produce
the programs, those who purchase legal copies, and for the sake of encouraging
support for our computer, do not tolerate software piracy, no matter how
minor it may appear.

									Matthew Seitz