Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:25:27 09/30/02
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On September 30, 2002 at 12:06:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 30, 2002 at 02:46:05, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 29, 2002 at 23:24:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>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. >> >>It is illegal but the difference between it and stealing is >>that in stealing there is always a victim and in this case >>if the user does not want to buy the software in case >>that he cannot get it then there is no victim. >> > > >There definitely is a victim. Unless you use the old excuse "If I don't >steal it, I can't afford to buy it, so either way the producer doesn't make >a penny from me, so how can it be stealing?" > >It is stealing whether you take something directly from someone, or prevent >them from getting something they deserve. In this case, payment for software >they wrote. US anti-piracy laws are _very_ clear in this regard. Microsoft >has taken _many_ to court (and a few to jail) for doing this. I understand the point but there is still difference between it and what is considered to be stealing by all people. In stealing someone is losing from it relative to the case that it is impossible to steal. In software piracy it is the case only in part of the cases. Uri
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