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>>>>> On 9 Dec 92 20:44:42 GMT, aeg03@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Jan T. Kim) said:
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> In <1992Dec9.131359.23979@crc.ac.uk> naffara@crc.ac.uk (Dr. N.A. Affara) writes:
> I don't subscribe to this point of  view  at  all.  This  way  of
> looking at things overlooks the central fact that software piracy
> is tightly coupled to software overpricing, and  that  these  two
> form  a  dynamical system (commonly known as a vicious circle  or
> a  catch-22)  in which amplification of one part tends to amplify
> the other part.
Absolute rubbish. Just because you decide something is too expensive
you have the right to steal it? Good one. There's this really nice
video recorder in a shop by mine, but its 600 pounds and I couldn't 
afford to pay that much. Perhaps I should steal a car and drive through
their window and just take it? If they were selling it for 100 pounds
then I wouldn't need to do this, so its their own fault. Then again, it seems
silly to pay 100 pounds when I can get it for nothing...

> The sensible thing to do in order to get out of a vicious  circle
> is  to  get  all  who  are involved to cooperate to develop a new
> concept that is free from the forces on which the vicious  circle
> feeds.  Thus, what everyone can do and should do is to be open to
> such new concepts, to support them, and to contribute ideas.

Yeah, as long as its not too expensive, coz then we'll just have to carry
on ripping them off, won't we?

Kev