Re: Quit Whining About Piracy

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From: mva... Mike Valley
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 00:00

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In article <5qloga$d...@camel4.mindspring.com>, rab...@mindspring.com wrote:
>
>But that comes back to the question, what makes you so special that
>you think you should be able to obtain privalages of use for free when
>other people have to pay?
>
>Yes, when you pirate software, I do lose money, regardless if you were
>going to buy it or not, becuase you are using the privalages reserved
>for paying customers without due payment.
>rabBit

Doesn't it come down to this: 
1. People will pirate no matter what.
2. You cannot stop it.
3. Since you cannot stop it, you shouldn't worry about it.

There is nothing you personally can do that will stop piracy of your products 
or anyone else's products. Therefore, just deal with it.

Mike

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From: mva...@home.com (Mike Valley)
Subject: Re: Quit Whining About Piracy
Date: 1997/07/19
Message-ID: <5qp2uk$lta$1@ha2.rdc1.sfba.home.com>
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