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Article #2774Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? :-P )
From: Dan Evans
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:15
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:15
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In article <BzFoB7.L5y@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dlanglan@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (super-dave) writes:
>Richard_Robb@mindlink.bc.ca (Richard Robb) writes:
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>>But: aren't you worried that the virii are usually spread by piratii?
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>Richard,
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>You raise a good point about being taken advantage of by software/hardware
>companies. However, your second point is a popular myth that needs to be
>refuted. Yes, the pirating underworld does (every so often) suffer from a
>virus infected program, but the penalties in the pirate community are
>severe for those distributing it.
When I first started dealing with the net I was amazed with the speed that
news of an infected file gets around. And the quick response of the ftp
administrators to delete the files. Special thanks to Keith, Timo, and all
you guys too numerous to mention.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!princeton!att!cbnewsm!evans1 From: evans1@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Dan Evans) Subject: Re: A Frank Discussion on Piracy (Flames, Anyone? :-P ) Organization: AT&T Distribution: usa Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:15:35 GMT Message-ID: <1992Dec22.181535.22281@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> References: <18626@mindlink.bc.ca> <BzFoB7.L5y@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Lines: 25