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Article #93588Re: Quit Whining About Piracy
From: rab... rabBit
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:00
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>> >> >>Hmmmm....253x5. EA could have instituted a few more projects, and we >>may all be sitting and playing 3-d NFL 97 full player online right >>now. Naaahhhh....the absence of $1,000,000,000 wouldn't hurt anyone. >You automatically presume that those 5 unauthorized copies for every 1 >retail sale would actually have been purchased if not for piracy. You >are mistaken. That's like AutoDesk saying that they've lost xxx >Googlazillion due to pirated AutoCAD and 3D Studio copies, when the >number of persons using unauthorized copies that would have otherwise >purchased them at retail is negligible. >-- >ClassAct You are missing the point. If you see someone in a BMW, they payed for it. It's the whole give what is due thing. I could care less if someone didn't buy my software, but I will PERSICUTE anyone I come across who has illegaly copied it. If they can't afford it, they need to get a job. The world doesn't owe these losers a living, and they have to realize that they are just as unimportant as the rest of us. rabBit Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail sent to this address will result in either a mailbomb campaign or a virial attack, depending upon the nature of the offending E-mail and my mood. By sending E-mail to this address, you agree to these terms.
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From: rab...@mindspring.com (rabBit) Subject: Re: Quit Whining About Piracy Date: 1997/07/11 Message-ID: <5q5rb9$q4k@camel12.mindspring.com> X-Deja-AN: 256225642 References: <01bc871b$622fd560$8c01d1cc@gold-1> <5phh8j$cta$1@comet2.magicnet.net> <33bd40ae.8927761@news.the-link.net> <5pkevm$dnt$4@adonis.tdi.net> <33BE7909.C29C6656@viking.of.north> <33C25FD4.19F2@digital.net> <33C2987E.B35196C@savetrees.com> <5punt3$332@camel2.mindspring.com> <33C2E619.1780@en.com> <5pv1qa$eq6@camel1.mindspring.com> <5q0b06$3vp$1@neptune.uniserve.com> <5q12ps$opo@camel2.mindspring.com> <33d840b0.39272711@207.14.113.2> X-Server-Date: 11 Jul 1997 17:43:05 GMT Organization: Mindspring Reply-To: rab...@mindspring.com Newsgroups: alt.games,alt.games.apogee,alt.games.command.and.conquer,alt.games.dark-forces,alt.games.descent,alt.games.diablo,alt.games.doom,alt.games.duke3d,alt.games.mechwarrior2,alt.games.quake,alt.games.quake2,alt.games.shadow-warrior MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit