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From: john13@garfield.MUN.EDU (John Russell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <5027@garfield.MUN.EDU>
Date: 12 Dec 88 21:02:57 GMT
References: <555@icus.islp.ny.us> <2363@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1334@leah.Albany.Edu> <6268@fluke.COM>
Reply-To: john13@garfield.UUCP (John Russell)
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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In article <6268@fluke.COM> kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth) writes:
>I wonder why companies don't offer cash rewards for "information leading to
>the arrest and conviction" of software pirates.  
...
>Nahh.  I must have missed something.  This looks too easy.

Yeah, the first person to take advantage of the offer will be the Byte Bandit
or some other sleazoid who's copied everything ever written, who will turn in
all the people he knows who have 1-2 pieces of pirated software (and he
probably gave them to them!).

John
-- 
"The sinuous roots meshed together... the sun-dappled leaves... the arching
 branches... and put it all together? Nothing! Icky, icky tree!"
		    -- something like that anyway; from "The Kids in the Hall"