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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <12447@cup.portal.com>
Date: 11 Dec 88 02:39:51 GMT
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Kurt Guntheroth was asking (paraphrased) " ... why not offer cash prizes for
turning in pirates ..." ...

Earlier this year (1988), I understood that SPA (Software Publishers Ass'n)
was offering a $50 bounty to people who reported thieves' (e.g. "pirates",
though why glorify scum with such a name?) BBS' and other operations.

I heard the program ($50 bounty) was successful re: closing down such BBS
operations in Washington and Oregon, and the present focus is California.

Thad Floryan [thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad]