Re: Why do people pirate software?

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From: john liddell long
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 1990 19:19

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In article <6092@milton.u.washington.edu> ashing@milton.u.washington.edu (Al Shing) writes:

>to saying that you cannot loan books, or CD's to friends, and if you tape
>stuff from the radio or TV, you have to send in money to the copyright owner.
>
>If this doesn't make sense for copyrighted books, music, and TV shows, it
>also doesn't make sense for computer software, either.

     I tend to agree with the 'test-drive' philosophy.  The problem with not
having to pay for software you download is that you are getting a perfect
copy, whereas taping music on the radio is hardly 'perfect'.  That would be
my reasoning, anyway.

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