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Article #93397Re: Quit Whining About Piracy!!!
From: Skywalker
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 00:00
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One thing, If I bought it, then I sure as hell OWN it!!! -- -Skywalker skyw...@supernet.ab.ca Alex Bobbs <Alex...@prodigy.net> wrote in article <33AE16...@prodigy.net>... > > Alex Bobbs wrote: > > > > > DON'T EVEN PRETEND TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION!!!! > > > The "licenses" that make piracy a crime are the most unconstitutional thing since > > > affirmative action. Let's take a look at id softwares license, and what's > > > unconstitutional: > > > > There's nothing "constitutional" or "unconstitutional" about the id > > software license; it's a contract pure and simple. It isn't hidden > > inside anything; it's printed clearly below the seal you have to break > > to access the software. If you read this contract and don't like it, > > any dealer will take it back with the seal unbroken. > > WRONG!!! There is no seal, and the file "license.txt" isn't even > installed onto > your computer. You must fish it out of the CD. Please stop talking about > things > you don't know a thing about. > > > Read this contract; you do NOT own the software and it is NOT your > > property. You have been licensed to USE the software in the manner > > outlined in the contract. > > Oh dear! Yet another opponent of freedom! > > Let's take a look at buying software: > You ask for software, not a license to use software, just software. The > cashier > gives you the software for cash, without any agreement to abide by the > terms of > the license. The whole transaction never involved any mention of the > stupid > license. Once the transaction is over, guess what, it's TOO LATE to throw > in any > legal bullshit. You already bought the software wihout any responsibliy > too even > read the license, therefore, the license is just a worthless document > that doesn't > have any power over you. > > > The bottom line; you're rationalizing theft. It doesn't matter if > > someone sells a physical product or manual or mental labor; they are > > entitled to full compensation for their efforts. If only 10 people > > bought D2 and everyone else used a pirate copy, there wouldn't be a D3. > > Die, Communist, Die! > > >Don't reply, I don't like your nonsense! > > Can't take a little rebuttal? What's wrong... ya chicken?! Or maybe you > just think > you're too good to have people critise your opinions! > >
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From: "Skywalker" <skyw...@supernet.ab.ca> Subject: Re: Quit Whining About Piracy!!! Date: 1997/06/25 Message-ID: <01bc8174$8fab7820$8101d1cc@gold-1> X-Deja-AN: 252482091 References: <339B5C89.1DA9@mailhost.sk.sympatico.ca> <865833521-0-28077@manatee.envirolink.org> <01bc7563$4d64e040$95bed6cf@default> <339f3faa.81324271@news.hiwaay.net> <33a39444.2055553@news.alt.net> <33a2068a.1657691@news.erols.com> <33AA204E.DA5@prodigy.net> <33A89675.E7F2A8F8@prodigy.net> <33AE1626.46B1@prodigy.net> Organization: Cyberion Networking Corp. Newsgroups: alt.games,alt.games.apogee,alt.games.command-n-conquer,alt.games.cosmic-wimpout,alt.games.descent,alt.games.doom,alt.games.doom.ii,alt.games.duke3d,alt.games.heretic,alt.games.kali,alt.games.mechwarrior2,alt.games.mtrek,alt.games.omega,alt.games.quake,alt MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit