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From: chari@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Chris Whatley)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <6390@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 11 Dec 88 23:03:34 GMT
References: <555@icus.islp.ny.us> <2363@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1334@leah.Albany.Edu> <5769@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <1343@leah.Albany.Edu> <245@taniwha.UUCP>
Reply-To: chari@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Chris Whatley)
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In article <245@taniwha.UUCP> michael@taniwha.UUCP (Michael Hamel) writes:
>In article <1343@leah.Albany.Edu> jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Julius A Cisek) writes:
>
>>Wait a second! So what you're saying is that its okay to pirate stuff if
>>you can't afford to buy it? That's insane! Can I steal your car  because
>>I can't afford one myself?
>
>Whoa thar! We are talking about copying. This has *nothing* to do with theft.
>Maybe you *can* copy my car if you can't afford one yourself. Wouldn't that
>make for a kinder, gentler nation?


I'm sorry but that is the most ludicrous concept. Pure fantasy! Is this not
a capitalistic economy? Said copying seriously devalues the software product.
It DOES NOT make any sense to say otherwise. If in your fantasy-land (you
know, the "kinder and gentler nation", Ha!) we could copy others posessions
and then those posessions would be worthless and the company who made them
would likely go bankrupt. Gee wouldn't that be great!

If this were a non-capitalistic economy, with no monetary standards or
commercial enterprises what you say here might make some sense. Instead,
in this context, you sound like an idiot.

>
>Michael Hamel           
>University of Otago                        ..!ucbvax!michael@otago.ac.nz 

Chris

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