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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Piracy
Message-ID: <31432@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 May 89 18:19:35 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8905230356.AA07964@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-lep!orcus@nosc.mil writes:
>Network Comment: to #3800 by pnet01!crash!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!obsolete!pro-carolina!delton
>
>Ok, let's face it, Pirating is wrong, but some companies ask for it when they
>try to sell something like Gauntlet GS for $35.  To me that is the same as
>saying "pirate me, pirate me, pirate me."  Warz like Merlin 16+, Paintworks
>Gold, etc., are worth the cash (if you're a developer), but some stuff SHOULD
>be pirated in protest of trying to cheat the public out of their hard earned
>money.

Ummm, yeah.

When a company sells something for $35, they are asking you to pay $35 for it
if you want it.  If you don't want it, don't buy it and don't use it.  Easy,
no?

I see no evidence that anybody is trying to cheat you out of your allegedly
hard-earned money.

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