Re: Piracy

["Tom Zuchowski" <71214.1670@compuserve.com>]

Help me out here. Why does a "good" pirate waste his time and storage
pirating a game that he feels is not worth owning? Is there any difference
between someone who tries a Shareware game and decides that it's too crummy
to pay for, and someone who "borrows" a commercial title not available in
the Public-Domain?

I'm afraid that I can't distinguish between "good" pirates and "bad"
pirates.  Stealing is stealing.

TomZ


Marvin <guenter@student.uni-kl.de> wrote in article
<5dsdgb$t89@sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de>...
> Why do people pirate? Well, I think there are two types of pirates, the
> 'good' and the 'evil' one.
> 
> The 'good' pirate:
> - loves the IIgs and wants to support it.
> - downloads all he can find because "what you have is what you have"
> - pirates only shit games like Gauntlet gs
> - BUYS good programs like Rastan, LemminGS etc. because he wants more
> - pays Shareware fees for good PD
> - gives programs to others but reminds them to buy good ones soon
> - may be able to remove any copy/password protection, but includes
>   motivations to buy good programs (Seen in Rastan + Windwalker)
> - Has his own code of honor