Re: Piracy

[Jemather <Jemather@concentric.net>]

Kevin Loesch wrote:
> 
> In article <5ekh8a$hro@inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com>, cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer) wrote:
> >It was 13 Feb 1997 11:38:57 GMT.  I was reading instead of working.  And Steven
> >
> >H. Lichter <co057@cleveland.Freenet.Edu> said:
> >
> >>dastar@crl.com (Sam Ismail)
> >
> >>Said:
> >>:You've been watching too many re-runs of Starsky and Hutch or something.
> >>:This, I assure you, will not happen.  Feds in California have more
> >>:important things to do like busting doctors for prescribing marijuana
> >>:to their dying patients.
> >
> >>Well part of what you said is right, but the Software Publishers
> >>Association will get involved and they do have limited police powers.
> >
> >"Police" powers?  Are you certain?  I don't remember hearing that the SPA had
> >been deputised or anything.
> 
>         Do you think they really care? Does anyone really care about piracy of
> 10 or 15 year old software? When is the last time you walked into a store and
> saw apple II software for sale? 4-5 years ago? The developers who wrote this
> stuff have moved on and don't seemed too interested in this old software or
> else they would still try to sell it. I do not condone piracy of software that
> is still produced and being sold(Oregon trail by MECCA is an example), but the
> vast majority of II and IIgs software is no longer commercially available and
> it definitly isn't commercially viable or else these companies would still
> sell it. Face it, the Apple II market is commercially dead. Its is going to
> stay dead. I still love my machines but I have no fanasties that the apple II
> is going to make some giant comeback and reconquer the world. Let peaple enjoy
> the machines they have. If all the Anti-Piracy crusaders had their way anyone
> who picked up a used machine at a garage sale would be stuck running only
> BASIC  and DOS 3.3,  if they were lucky.
> 
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> | Kevin Loesch                          |
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Don't be dissing DOS 3.3 and BASIC!!! READ MY POST NEAR THE BOTTOM