Re: ahoy! pirates, anyone?

Ericadj wrote:
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> Ahoy! Has anyone spotted a software Pirate?
>
>
> I am wondering if anyone has encountered software pirates on the Web or in
> the Newsgroups, and if they have found offers for free software or if the
> pirates charge for access to the cracked software.
>
> What is your reaction when you see such offers? Has anyone ever
> downloaded illegal software? Any problems? Comments?
>
> What is your opinion about software pirates?
> I get mails from SW pirates every day - just any other junk mail I just delete
them unread.

I don't think any ordinary Internetters knowingly would download pirated SW - most people feel too strongly about basic things as honesty etc. Or rather you don't steal from your 'friends' - in this connection friends would be SW houses that have a reputation for good service (ie. 'friendliness') and reliability, openness etc. I suspect that if you make a survey of how big a percentage is pirated compared to what is sold of individual SW products, you'll see a connection between good/bad reputation in general terms and low/high pct. pirated.

BTW please don't read this as if I expressed an moral opinion about this.

/jan Received on Wed Sep 10 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST