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From: delton@pro-carolina.UUCP (System Administrator)
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Subject: Re: More on the ever popular subjet of Piracy...
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Date: 28 May 89 16:01:51 GMT
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Network Comment: to #3131 by obsolete!pro-angmar!pro-nucleus!hzink

The argument's been made that people wouldn't pirate if software were
reasonably priced.  The pirates I know, some of whom are friends and relatives
of mine, would pirate if the software cost only a nickle.  The fact that they
can have something for free, no matter how reasonably priced it could be
bought for, and the fact that they are 99.9% sure they can't be caught and
held accountable for what they generally know as wrong but rationalize away as
many on this group have done is why they pirate.  i.e. why pay for what you
can get free?  The only thing that will change this practice would be
swift-sure punishment of those involved and that isn't going to happen and
that's why computers and computer software will never meet their potential in
this world as few of us are crazy enough to think that software development
might be profitable.  Sure there are some (including myself) who can make a
little money writing software but there would be far more packages available
to choose from if a publisher could be sure that every copy of his package in
use, even in regular use, were paid for.

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