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Re: Why do people pirate software?

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From: Evan Marshall Manning
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 1990 15:40
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I think one reason people make illegal copies of software is that it
doesn't seem as much like stealing.  If I steal my friend's car, he
will no longer have one.  But he's likely to just give me a copy of
the new version of windows.  And he still has his.

Of course there is an injured party, but like tax evasion or copyright
infringement you don't really know the victim.

Me?  I'm pretty honest, but I'm not above an occasional test-drive.
(Gimpel PC-Lint just passed the test drive - legal copy is on order.)

-- Evan

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Your eyes are weary from staring at the CRT for so | Evan M. Manning
long.  You feel sleepy.  Notice how restful it is  |      is
to watch the cursor blink.  Close your eyes.  The  |manning@gap.cco.caltech.edu
opinions stated above are yours.  You cannot       | manning@mars.jpl.nasa.gov
imagine why you ever felt otherwise.               | gleeper@tybalt.caltech.edu
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