Re: Quit Whining About Piracy

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From: Kieron Dodds
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 00:00

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 This argument is illogical and invalid.  Just because the person would not
have purchased it otherwise does not make it any less of a theft.  Just
because the product is an intangible intellectual work does not make it any
less protected under the law.  If you steal a pair of orange, purple dotted
sneakers, whether you would have purchased them or not, it's still theft.
Ditto for other, more readily apparent intangible goods such as cable
service, phone service, etc.

--
Kieron Dodds
kdo...@msn.com
shad...@earthlink.net

Clas...@skuz.net wrote in article <33ef55b5...@207.14.113.2>...

>On Wed, 16 Jul 97 16:17:17 GMT, nospam....@infoserve.net (Wingman)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <33ccbb52...@news.mc.net>, zzd...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>No, it is not.  A pirated copy of software does not deprive anyone
>>>else of the usage of that software.  On the other hand, a missing
>>>armored car full of cash deprives many people of their cash.
>>
>>Pirating software deprives many people of their cash.
>
>Only if the person using the unauthorized copy would have otherwise
>purchased it.
>--
>ClassAct

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From: "Kieron Dodds" <kdo...@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Quit Whining About Piracy
Date: 1997/08/10
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