Re: Quit Whining About Piracy!!!

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From: Alexander Hvostov
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 00:00

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Kevin Murphy wrote:
> 
> In <33AA1F...@prodigy.net> Alex Bobbs <Alex...@prodigy.net>
> writes:
> >
> >OK, so corps can be victims. What does this prove? Just because
> >they're understandably pissed about piracy cutting into their profits,
> >does that make it automatically wrong? Suppose I cut into their
> >profits by competing with them, would that also be unethical?
> 
> This is too ficken funny, you are comparing competing and theft???
> Get real. So you are telling me that Holding up the store down the
> street is the same as building a store to compete with it. I think
> my reputation stands as some who try's not to offend, but you are
> f**king idot.
> 
> Why don't you go steal a dollar and buy a clue.
> 
> 
Hi...

By pirating software I do not believe I am threatening the lives of
M$ programmers and staff.  And I do NOT believe software piracy is in
any way ethically equivalent to a life-threatening attack of any kind.

Alex

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From: Alexander Hvostov <shvo...@accesscom.com>
Subject: Re: Quit Whining About Piracy!!!
Date: 1997/06/28
Message-ID: <33B40F16.32696CF9@accesscom.com>
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To: Kevin Murphy <ktmu...@ix.netcom.com>
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