Re: LoadRunner - Anybody got it?

[otto@netcom.com (Peter J. Koontz)]

Breier W. Scheetz (breier@halcyon.com) wrote:
: In article <ottoCv2oCA.IEu@netcom.com>, otto@netcom.com (Peter J. Koontz) wrote:

: > The question is, if you can get away with doing this for 12-year old 
: > Apple II software (and apparently you can), why not do it for 10 year old 
: > Mac software as well.

: It's less of a problem with the Apple II because it's no longer being
: manufactured by Apple, and many of the old Apple // developers are out of
: business, and thus care little about the use of their product nowdays.  On
: the other hand, with the Macintosh, many of the developers of earlier
: software are thriving, and old Mac titles can still be bought in software
: stores  (I saw the classic Star Wars the other day).

Well that is nothing more than another justifcation. It's still against 
the law. 

1) The three big game companies for the Apple II: Sierra OnLine, 
Electronic Arts, and possibly Broderbund are all still in business.

2) The concept of 'Lode Runner' must still have some commercial 
value, or it they wouldn't have remade it.

3) The Mac 128K and the IBM XT are as commercially dead as the Apple II. 
What's the moral difference?


But, given that nonsense, let it be known that I'm not without sin and 
I'm not casting any stones. I pirated *alot* of games in my day and am 
not entirely apologetic about it. 

I'm just shocked that someone would be maintaing a public FTP site on the 
internet full of copyrighted software.

I seem to remember that even in the old days, even pirate BBS's had a little 
more tact.

Peter J. Koontz
otto@netcom.com