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From: jim@athsys.uucp (Jim Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <213@tityus.UUCP>
Date: 14 Dec 88 00:50:12 GMT
References: <81277@sun.uucp>
Organization: Athena Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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From article <81277@sun.uucp>, by cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis):

	[ fines for pirates discussed ]

> 
> Yes and no. The fine for pirating software should be the list price of
> that software. In a completely idealistic world, if you were accused of
> pirating software the court would give you 10 days to come up with a
> registered copy of the specified program, if you couldn't you would
> pay the fine of $X where X is the price of the software, and any 
> court costs associated with this, plus be required to destroy all
> copies of the software in your possesion. Simple no? The pirate
> is either discouraged or the software company gets their money.


	Expand this argument to the real world, Chuck. Let's assume
that this were the case with normal stealing. Then, at most,
shoplifters would have to act as normal consumers and buy what they
were going to steal. There would be no penalty for the crime in this
case, simply making the person be honest with the bucks. Doesn't sound
like too good of an idea to me.

	If you try to make a living off this machine, rather than
being an observer with a normal income, you would want to see pirates
beheaded.

> 
> --Chuck McManis

-Jim Becker