Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:26351 comp.misc:4343 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!gatech!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!bingvaxu!leah!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!pilchuck!algedi!kenk From: kenk@algedi.UUCP (Ken Koster N7IPB) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.misc Subject: Re: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies) Summary: Software Pirates ARE Thieves. Treat em as such! Message-ID: <218@algedi.UUCP> Date: 9 Dec 88 19:54:58 GMT Organization: Sundstrand Data Control, Redmond, WA Lines: 35 In article Various stuff about why copy protection is needed - deleted. SCENE 1 >10:1. A neighboor with an ST in my home town had EVERY single software >title ever released. He called himself a collector; 90% of his stuff was >pirated. Did you turn him in to the police? If not: SCENE 2 A neighboring house is being used for drug dealing. The people using it fence stolen goods, and make drug deals at all hours. Obviously you don't turn them in either. If we personally don't do something about the problem, It won't get solved. >You gave many reasons why companies should not copy-protect software, >now how about some ideas in how to stop piracy. In the old days pirates were hunted down, tried (sometimes) and hung. We can be a little more lenient, but if your neighbor next door or the kid down the street were caught and fined, their friends and neighbors might be a little less inclined to steal software. It works for common thieves, why not software thieves as well. -- Work: uport SYSV algedi!kenk@data-io.com Ken Koster or uunet!pilchuck!algedi!kenk A lone Unix-pc Home: Amiga uunet!pilchuck!algedi!kkami!kenk in the MSDOS swamp Packet Radio: N7IPB@N7IPB