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Article #2679Re: Why do people pirate software?
From: lukrw
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 1990 17:13
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 1990 17:13
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In article <6526@milton.u.washington.edu>, ashing@milton.u.washington.edu (Al Shing) writes: > It is also illegal to drive faster than 55 mph. Yet everyone drives at > 80 mph around here. If you drive 55, you will probably be creamed, or > severely flamed (ie. given the finger). Thankfully, "Everyone's doing it" has never been much of a defense. > When a law is unenforceable, and blatantly violated by the public at large > then it is a bad law, and should be eliminated. No, the law isn't bad. The law is designed to protect (however poorly designed). It's the violators who are ALL "bad", no matter how many people are doing it. My definition of "bad" in this case being knowingly causing harm to someone else, or infringing on their rights. And no, I am not some guardian of public morals. This is clear-cut illegality we're talking about.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!yale!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!cert!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!lukrw From: lukrw@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Why do people pirate software? Message-ID: <10270.26d527e3@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu> Date: 24 Aug 90 17:13:07 GMT References: <19089016:24:58KRW1@lehigh.bitnet> <6526@milton.u.washington.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Lehigh University Lines: 17