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Subject: Re: Terry, by your own admission,No he did not admit in stealing

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:24:30 09/29/02

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On September 29, 2002 at 04:12:48, Uri Blass wrote:

>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).


Pirating, by its very _definition_ is stealing.  That is what pirates did
in days gone bye, robbing from ships on the open sea.  Pirating is pirating,
and it is stealing, and it is illegal.


>
>If someone downloaded some pirated software that he believes to be freeware
>then he is not quilty.

That would not be called "pirating" either...



>
>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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