Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:20:55 07/20/98
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On July 20, 1998 at 09:52:50, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >I am against piracy when it hurts individuals. I wouldn't pass a copy of Mchess, >Hiarcs, Rebel, Fritz... On the other hand, I have 5 computers running and I >won't get 5 copies of the same operating system. Is that a form of piracy? When you buy software you make an agreement with the software manufacturer. If you then violate this agreement, I would think that this would be illegal, right? Does the agreement entitle you to install it on five computers? If so, no problem, if not, then it's a problem. The argument that it is OK to burn a larger company is also made by people stealing from large supermarket chains: "This company had a net income of $164 million last quarter, so this piece of cheese is rightfully mine." http://sec.yahoo.com/e/l/s/swy.html bruce
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