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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