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From: jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Julius A Cisek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <1396@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 18 Dec 88 06:05:17 GMT
References: <413@orbit.UUCP>
Organization: The University at Albany, Computer Services Center
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In article <413@orbit.UUCP>, swordfis@pnet51.cts.com (Tim Mitchell) writes:
> Why should the paid users be made to suffer for the acts of the pirates?

It's too bad about the disk, but it's not  necesserily  because  of  the
copy  protection.  If the disk got ruined because of a magnetic field or
something similar,  it  would  have  killed  the  disk  whether  it  was
protected  or  not.  You can't blame protection schemes everytime a disk
fails. (I'm not flaming, it's too bad you have to wait longer  to  enjoy
DM)

> I have a lot of programmer friends who tape albums for each other, and when I
> (A professional musician,) point out that they're pirating intellectual
> property, take it as a joke. Programmers seem to feel that their intellectual
> property is more valid than other sorts. 

Many people tend to be hypocrits. But  I  should  point  out  that  most
professional  musicians  who  have  albums  out have a lot more in their
pocket than programmers. After all, there's no equivelent of  a  concert
for the programmer.
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