Re: Quit Whining About Piracy

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From: e... E. Peterson
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 00:00

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>The real piracy is the inability to return or exchange worthless
>software.  If I had made the mistake of purchasing that worthless pile
>of binary garbage CorelDRAW 6.0, I'd be sitting on a pile of $600 CDs
>that were useless, because I couldn't return, and couldn't exchange.
>As long as conditions like that exist, piracy can and will flourish.
>For an industry that's making so much noise about piracy, the software
>industry is its' own biggest enemy.
>--
>ClassAct


Good to see someone in the right frame of mind here!  

I read a report several months back that estimated the pirate community to
be around 4% of the worlds computer users.  I dont know how accurate that
study was, but Im willing to bet there are more legit users than not, and
I dont think the $oftware industry is going down the tubes.

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From: e...@u.washington.edu (E. Peterson)
Subject: Re: Quit Whining About Piracy
Date: 1997/07/12
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