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From: rs.miller@pro-harvest.UUCP (Randy Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Piracy
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Date: 22 May 89 02:33:25 GMT
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Dave,
   I can tell you for a fact that piracy is rife overseas (especially in
Europe).  Some time ago, the president of my user's group got a letter from a
student in West Germany asking if the group had any of the programs he listed
in our disk library. ABOUT 99% OF THEM WERE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS.  It seems,
the way the letter was written, if a commercial program goes through customs,
IT WILL BE COPIED WILLY-NILLY AND GIVEN FREE DISTRIBUTION.  There was also an
account several months ago in Computer Shopper about a fantastic comm program
for the ST that the author lent to a friend to test, and the friend turned
around and freely distributed the program (which was a copyrighted and
commercial piece) all over Germany.  Needless to say, this programmer vowed he
will NEVER write another program for commercial sale REGARDLESS OF WHAT KIND
OF BOX HE OWNS.  Needless to say, I trashed the letter and didn't bother
responding.
Randy Miller
rs.miller@pro-harvest
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