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From: bill@bilver.UUCP (bill vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <331@bilver.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 88 03:45:48 GMT
References: <555@icus.islp.ny.us> <2363@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1334@leah.Albany.Edu> <6268@fluke.COM> <3080@sugar.uu.net>
Reply-To: bill@bilver.UUCP (bill vermillion)
Organization: W. J. Vermillion, Winter Park, FL
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In article <3080@sugar.uu.net> karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) writes:
>
>You're right.  Although person-to-person piracy is nearly impossible to
>detect, what allows pirate boards to operate so blatantly is they are not
>being prosecuted for copyright violations.  If the government would crack
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^ 
>down on them, they would have to keep their boards secret, and this would
>reduce their ability to proliferate pirated software.  

Uh! - Don't know if you noticed it or not, but we are not in a police state.
The government has no right to "crack down" on these boards. The ones who have
to do something are the copyright owners.  They have to file a complaint, and
then the "government" - read that as the judicial system - can haul the
offenders in.  Copyright violation are crimes against individuals and not
society. 

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Bill Vermillion - UUCP: {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd}!peora!rtmvax!bilver!bill
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