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Re: Quit Whining About Piracy

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From: Robert Fahey
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 00:00
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In article <01bca19a$6ca59e00$8fc82299@blair_nt>, Blair Brewer
<Bl...@ApproSystems.com> writes
>So I guess what your saying is that if FORD(no offense to FORDs, I own two)
> cars were shitty, you would condone stealing them.....   ??????   I sure
>hope your an orphan, cause I'd hate to know that there was people out there
>raising people like you with those morales. Wrong is Wrong no matter if you
>don't completly agree or not. Try to have some dignity about yourself. It's
>bad enough that you steal, but you sound as if your proud of it. I agree
>that all software is not the greatest, but I feel that by putting out the
>demos like most companies do, that there is no reason why anyone has to buy
>something that they don't get to try first. And if the software is 'shitty'
>as you put it, then why the hell are you stealing it..... Obviously, your
>just a kid, cause your not intelligent enough to have thought this
>statement out....... I do wish you the best of luck though, cause with your
>attitude, you'll need it.
Okay, here's the deal the way I see it. In general, I can't afford games
software. I buy budget titles sometimes (most recently Dark Forces) and
on a very rare occcasion, I buy full-price games. I bought Quake, even
though I already had a pirate version. Why? Because I liked it, I wanted
to be able to install it at work and at home (but don't tell the boss
;->) and I wanted the soundtrack. I don't buy games unless I have
already played them and I like them. Personally, I think if something is
good enough, I'll buy it rather than pirating it (except for big,
ridiculously expensive apps like 3D Studio, which I only needed for one
project anyway and then dumped, rather than spending thousands on a
commercial version).

At the end of the day, I'm not _proud_ of pirating software. But as a
home user with a VERY limited budget, it's the only option I have, so
I'm not ashamed of it either. So there.

Ciao,
Robert
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From: Robert Fahey <rob...@iol.ie>
Subject: Re: Quit Whining About Piracy
Date: 1997/08/09
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