Re: Piracy

[dastar@crl.com (Sam Ismail)]

Joe Walters (jlwalter@primenet.com) wrote:

: I think the answer is simple. Provide the FBI and the Software group
: responisble for protecting author's right's with this information.

: When these "supporters" read this they are bound to have a sinking
: feeling in their gut cause they don't know exactly when the feds will
: show up to take them into custody, however, they know it will happen.

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.

: As a long time Science Fiction person I really resent using his
: name (ASIMOV), for illegal purposes.

Why don't you contact old Isaac and have him sue them for name infringement?
I hear they bust peoples' doors down all the time for using a famous
person's last name for highly illegal purposes such as harboring defunct
computer software.

: Does anyone know the telephone number of the Naperville, IL person
: that harbors ASIMOV? I'm willing to call them daily to tell them what
: scumbags they are. (Not the BBS, their tel. I want to talk to the
: person without a mother or father that runs this board.)

Yeah, its 1-800-YOU-SUCK.  Toll free even!  Call them and raise some
hell you staunch defender of software authors' rights!

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Sam
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