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From: shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Pirating...
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Date: 31 May 89 22:45:19 GMT
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jasona@pro-europa.cts.com (Jason Asbahr) writes:
>Hmm...Someone mentioned pirates selling software.  *I've* never seen that
>done.  Most of the unauthorized copying activity that I am privy to involves
>no money at all.  None.  - but -  This has been entirely among non-business
>types...

You just have to know how it happens.  Many users pay BBS "subscription fees"
to have the ability to download software pirated by the sysop.  The sysop is
making money off the deal.

>  Most of the users with "pirated" copies are hobbyists.  As someone else
>mentioned, a business can't AFFORD to use pirated software.  However, the
>hobbyist generally writes his own programs and participates in free exchange
>of them.  It is almost second nature to treat commercial programs
>likewise.

Habit does not make right.  Actually, it occurs to me that most of the users
with pirated copies are actually game players.  I know of several people that
trade pirated games back and forth in what amounts to a sort of barter system.

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