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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (44005)	6/12/2001 2:05:09 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Bill, <Jozef, I steal because I can.> I'm sure that's exactly what some hoodlums decided a month ago when they broke into my locked car and took my stereo. <There is a tradeoff. if you cut out all copying you might not get as much extra revenuse as the SW alliance thinks they will get. After all every pirate will not become a buyer, they will do without if forced to pay.> You're right about this, though. Some people would actually pay for the software if they can't pirate it, but most probably wouldn't. I don't feel pirating software is justifiable, however. If you pirate, don't bother to justify the morality of your actions or complain about the "immorality" of software publishers who want to make profits. Tenchusatsu