Re: Different Idea... (WAS Re: Net piracy?)

[dynasor@infi.net (Dennis McClain-Furmanski)]

: Whups -- it's out of circulation.  The software company went belly-up, and
: there is no software order place in existence that will sell this thing to 
: I try to pick it up on comp.sys.apple2.marketplace, but nobody's willing to
: part with theirs.  What do I do?

: Hey, the cassandra site has it (let's assume it's still up!).  So, I ftp it,
: and start to make thrashing millions with my newly pirated software.

: Is this morally justifiable?  Hey, I *NEED* the software, but cannot buy it!

: Thoughts?  BTW - this is not an actual scenario: I made it present tense and
: first person for drama... (just covering myself here... :)

Justifiable is not the same as right. You just justified it. You didn't make
it right.

Someone would still own the copyright, even if it wasn't being published.
They would have all the right in the world to thrash you soundly by law.