Re: Quit Whining About Piracy

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From: Burghy
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 00:00

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rabBit wrote:

> I don't see where get off calling a conversaition where you obviously
> support software Piracy as in intellectual debate.
> 
> Even if you only use the Pirated copy as preview, it is still a
> pirated copy, and therefore you are a pirate, which means you are at
> the losing end of the law, and are therfore lawfully and correctly
> classified as a thief, lawbreaker, criminal, and big bad man type
> person.

What if he was in... uh, I forgot the name, but something like eastern
Slovakia, cracks etc. are not illegal there.

Also, what do you think of those litigation lawsuits where someone sues
a huge corporation for spilling coffee on himself and gets several
million dollars?  Obviously, he is on the right side of the law.

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From: Burghy <luib...@hkstar.com>
Subject: Re: Quit Whining About Piracy
Date: 1997/07/14
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