From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: I found a pirate - what shall I do?
Date: Sat,  7 Nov 92 19:50:48 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Nov5.201345.5803@bnr.ca> <Bx9n9K.943@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>

>In article <1992Nov5.201345.5803@bnr.ca> hello@bnr.ca (Ken Orford) writes:
>>This is one of the most asinine responses I've seen since M.B. posted
>>last!  Either you're incredibly stupid Sam or you're simply a jerk!
>>Piracy is wrong no matter how you cut it - and if ya ain't one of the
>>good guys then you must be a bad guy.  Get a life and stop jerking
>>around people who are on the right side of the fence.
>
>Oh, come on, now.  What a weak argument, Ken, really.  Either I'm stupid
>or a jerk?  No, try I'm realistic.  And "piracy is wrong" is about as
>weak and diluted as "say no to drugs."  And no, I'm not a good guy, and
>no, I'm not a bad guy.  I try to be un-biased.
>
>Let's talk about realism.  Do you realize how many pirates exist in the
>world?  Yes, QUITE a few.  Astonishing amounts.  Look, I hate to say it,

How many cars theives?  Rapists?  Muggers?  Hmm, I guess if there are all
that many we might as well not try.  Oh well.  Tum de tum.

>but turning one in won't do a lot of good.  You could turn one in, but
>maybe somewhere in the world, someone will say "I want a copy of that
>game" and become a pirate.  -1, +1.  They sorta cancel out.  Now maybe
>the answer to anti-piracy is stricter punishment.  Heavy copy protection
>is out of the question, since the majority of the computer users despise
>heavy copy protection.  I don't have the answers.  I just know that
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Then stop your rediculous blathering.

>turning in these people isn't going to solve anything.  Thus my earlier

Remember that the next time you are robbed, or your car is stolen, or your
land lord treats you unfair....  don't turn them in.  It won't solve
anything.

>statement: It will only hurt the pirate, and it won't help anyone.

Good, hurt the pirate, that's what is needed!

That's so easy for you to say.  You didn't write the programs being pirated,
Your kids aren't being fed by the money you make on this pirated software.
Maybe if someone comes to murder your wife and rape your daughter you'll be
more "realistic" and not report it to the police?  After all, "take one
rapist off the streets and another will just pop up."  It's the theft that
causes moral decay, not those who try to correct it.

>
>--
>Sam Hulick          | "You can't discover new oceans unless you have the
>shulick@indiana.edu | courage to lose sight of the shore."  --Anon.
>(NeXTmail welcome)  |

What you are talking about is uncivilized anarchy.  "If I want something, I
just take it."  This leads to total corruption and decay.  Might as well go
live in a prison without guards.  See how long you last.

Follow up to pirates.burn.in.hell

-Joel
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