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From: dav@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (William David Haas)
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Subject: Re: "ATARI ELITE..."-- * PLEASE CHANGE SUBJECT!!!
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Date: 23 Feb 90 19:03:13 GMT
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<[Dan and a lot of other people talk about Piracy/Software Thieves and
<User Groups.  Dan complains about their user group being defamed because
<it has the word Elite in the name.]

<Dan,


<it's also a very difficult (read: impossible) task to redefine a term that
<has been so closely associated with software theft for probably 10 years now.
<There are many terms that people use as a cloak to cover up their real
<meaning.  The word "elite" is one that software thieves use.  Unfortunately
<for your user group, having that word in the name will probably forever
<associate your group with software theft in the minds of people.  I don't
<know when or how your group was named, but it was not the best choice for
<that reason alone.  Perhaps the group once began as a theft group and has
<since changed its ways, I don't know, but it's unlikely that as long as
<it retains "Elite" in the name that people will not think of software theft.
<Perhaps (and sadly) your group should consider a name change.


Thats funny... I thought Elite! was a space game.
The word is being used wrong...  lets wipe out the thieves and we wont
have the problem.

;)

(Yeah.. I know.. easier said than done).