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Re: Quit Whining About Piracy

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From: s... cep
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 00:00
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On 12 Jul 1997 20:16:10 GMT, e...@u.washington.edu (E. Peterson) wrote:

>Nobody said they had a right to steal.  And I personally feel that copying
>a piece of software is NOT the same thing as stealing a BMW.  For every
>BMW, a person had to labor to create it.  That is not true to duplicating
>disks and cds.

duh, thats why BMWs are $30,000 and software is $40. different level,
same concept.

>Because if the kid had no intention of buying the game to begin with, the
>company cannot say that were he to not have found a pirated copy, he would
>have bought it.

so, if i would never BUY a BMW, then it makes no difference if i went
out and stole one? time to rethink the logic, pal! maybe they didnt
lose money in the sense of a sale, but they lost money in POTENTIAL
sales. meanwhile, the thief gets to use the product exactly the same
way as a person who PAID for it. is that fair? hell no. is that
morally correct? hell no.

>Copying a game off your buddy and going into a store and stealing a game
>is not the same thing.  Maybe morally, but realistically, no.

well! no shit genius. conceptually its the exact same thing and THAT
is what we're talking about. what kind of moron thinks that going to
the store, stuffing a box in your bag and leaving is the same thing as
going to your friend's house and copying some disks? obviously there's
a difference.

>Im quite a bit older than 13.  Its sounds to me like your common sense
>needs a lot of work.

this coming from an advocate for piracy of intellectual property? it
sounds to me that your income, ignorance, and selfishness needs a lot
of work.

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From: s...@m_me.com (cep)
Subject: Re: Quit Whining About Piracy
Date: 1997/07/12
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