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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: pirating, etc.
Message-ID: <8803190718.AA11455@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 19 Mar 88 07:18:36 GMT
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:I think it shouldn't exist, but it's something we've had for a very long time.
:Well, I know it's very easy to pirate software.  With computers that can do
:multi-processing or multi-tasking it's very easy to do it because someone can
:load up something that is playing music and then load up a copy program and
:copy illegal programs. 

	In my experience, having a multitasking capability does not effect
the pirateability of commercial software.  In fact, compared to a good
hardware-microprocessor debugger, attempting to break something via
multitasking is a *more* difficult task.

	Pirates will always exist.  It is up to everyone else to NOT
provide their market.

					-Matt