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Hello John Burns
> >Whatever your views maybe on piracy matters not an iota, what does suprise
> >me is the idiocy of posting someones address on a newsgroup, if anybody has
> >a grievence with someone doing an illegal act [of any nature] you report
> >that person to the authorities not post their address online.
> 
> >Thats my opinion anyway.
> 
> And it seems to be only that (see below)
> 
> >doktor lorenz
> 
> Given that the original poster of the message gave certain details of an act 
> which was illegal being commiteed any subsequent postings on the subject would 
> be no more inducement than the original poster. In law the original poster 
> would be held liable not those thereafter. Don't you think it was rather idiotic 
> of the original poster to give details of the perpetrator on a public forum 
> in the first place? In law one must assume that his intention was to inform 
> of an illegal act not advocate it. Though in this case he could, by his 
> message, be so accused and therefore charged as an accessory, albeit after the 
> fact. (If you wish I'll give you the necessary references to substantiate the 
> above).
> 
> Put Simply: Learn about Law before you talk shit!.

Put more simply, posting the URL was a big mistake.  People went to it
who might never have found it otherwise.  Of course seeing Pagestream4
and PFS3 up there for download drove home the point.  Whether you
care about Abandonware or not, those two are currently supported
commercial programs, even if SFS offers a free alternative to PFS.  If
you want free get it, don't steal PFS3.  Pagestream2 was a cover disk,
but that does not make Pagestream4 freeware.

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Mike Leavitt  ac998@lafn.org  + team Amiga +