Re: Apple II-- doing just fine

[James Stafford <jamess@funtv.com>]

Perry Dueck wrote:
> 
> In article <19990811163122.15273.00000091@ng-co1.aol.com>,
> ljsilicon@aol.com (LJSILICON) wrote:
> >On the piracy issue....
> >Piracy is wrong! Piracy will continue! Piracy will never go away!
> >Threads about Piracy on CSA2 will outlast the cockroaches after
> >a full-scale nuclear war.
> >Give it a rest. No one's position on the subject is going to change.
> 
> Actually, I disagree...someone's position on the subject of piracy CAN
> change if it gets discussed and if it is shown in the true light, that
> being that piracy is of course completely illegal, and immoral.
> 
> Piracy is NOT a victimless crime. It hurts everyone concerned in more ways
> than one. I don't see how "giving it a rest" could possibly be a good
> thing. It's important to get through to the people that commit this crime
> that it is not tolerated nor accepted.
> 
> (LJSILICON) also wrote:
> >With the above said, I will go on record as saying that I have
> >purchased virtually every new piece of Apple GS software that has
> >been released in the last 3 years. (Those that interest me.) I am
> >not a pirate; just a user of a discontinued computer.
> 
> Well hey, that's good! I mean, that's the kind of statement that needs to
> be made, especially in this newsgroup. By legally purchasing the software
> which you use, you are doing what EVERY single Apple II user should be
> doing...obeying the law to the fullest and supporting our precious Apple
> II vendors/companies. Now I realize that not every single user will want
> or need every single available piece of software on the current Apple II
> market, but it's important that they PAY FOR WHAT THEY USE.
> 
> regards, perry

We have here where I live 3 free computer rags. Lately they have been
dealing with the issue of piracy. Basically what all 3 of the rags
claimed was that some software distributors like and actually encourage
piracy. The articles said some software distributors use piracy as a
means to get people to use and get addicted to their software (and I
thought the tabacco industry was bad ;).

I know that this piracy debate has raged for years here in this
newsgroup. I have seen in the past years people rant and rave about
piracy when they did not even own the software in question. I guess what
I'm trying to say is, if you own the software you have every right to
complain if someone pirates it. If you don't own the software you don't
have any right at all to complain if someone posts it on a newsgroup or
web site. Some of the software I've seen people cry about as being
pirated is so old that no one seems to know exactly who owns it! So if
you don't own the supposed pirated software and whoever owns it doesn't
care that it's being pirated why should you make all the fuss? Keep in
mind I'm not talking about the latest software that is available.

jamess
-- 
"On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, 
it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."

-Anonymous