Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:12:48 09/29/02
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On September 29, 2002 at 02:22:54, John Smith wrote: >On September 28, 2002 at 22:08:41, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On September 28, 2002 at 17:57:07, John Smith wrote: >> >>>Hey Sparky (that fits you so wonderfully), the truth is an absolute defense >>>against both slander and libel. In your previeus post, you admitted to having >>>pirated software on your computer. Pirated software that you did NOT pay for. >>>Therefore, you are a thief. A crook. A member of a most unsavory lot. >>> >>>warmest regards, >>> >>>:) >> >>Coping CD's is common practise and is not the same as TRUE PIRACY, I'm NOT >>SELLING this SOFTWARE! >> >>Also 99% of ALL my software I purchased. All my COMMERCIAL CHESS SOFTWARE IS >>PURCHASED! >> >>I'm NOT a THIEF, I'm NOT a CRIMINAL! Also I've CONTRIBUTED THOUSANDS of DOLLARS >>to CHESS,(HUNDREDS to ICD between 1990-1996), MOST of my CHESS WINNINGS from >>TOUNAMENTS have been DONATED to further CHESS! >> >>YOU are a LOWLIFE BOTTOM FEEDER! I hope they DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT! >> >> >>YOUR DEFAMATORY REMARKS OTOH ARE CRIMINAL! >> >>We'll see what Steven Schwartz as well as the MODERATORS have to say on this >>matter! > >In message number 254862 you stated: > >... >Yeah I have pirated software. So what can you do about it? Nothing, you pompous >ass! Having pirated software is not stealing(otherwise people can download nothing from the internet because maybe it is pirated software). If someone downloaded some pirated software that he believes to be freeware then he is not quilty. It is also possible that someone sent you by email pirated software that you did not ask about it. You can delete it from your computer but at least in the time that you got the email and did not have time to delete it you have pirated software. Other ways to get pirated software: Suppose that your friend is playing in your computer with his CD and he install some pirated software. You suddenly have pirated software. In our world illegal copying of software is a normal behaviour and I believe that there is almost no single poster who does not have friends that he knows that they use pirated software. You can be against it(I am) but calling every illegal thing that people do a crime is only a way to get enemies. I am also against calling copying CD's that you are not allowed to copy stealing(It does not mean that I support this illegal act). I think that in most of the cases the person who did it was not going to buy the CD even if he knew that he has no way to copy it so noboody practically lost money from it when it is clear that in other cases of stealing somebody lost money from it. > > >Not only did you admit to engaging in criminal activity (according to US law, >The Digital Millinium Act of 2000) but you insulted my good name. A crime by the hebrew definition is something that the maximal punishment for it is at least sitting 7 years in jail. > >Listen Terry, you can get hysterical all you want. The more you post, the more >obvious it becomes to fair minded and reasonable people just how deeply you are >involved in criminal matters. In fact, your admission on a public forum that >you have pirated software is grounds for my notifying the FBI about you. > >What do you think of them apples, sparky? The FBI has better things to do than looking for people who have pirated software. If they arrest everyone who have pirated software then I guess that most of the citizens are going to be arrested. Almost everybody does in his life something that is against the low. It is not a reason to call him criminal. Uri
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