[LINK] A Definition Of Piracy In The Digital Age

[Craig Sanders]

On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 09:19:18AM +1100, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> and...
> > Almost half of Australians believe it is okay to use pirated
> > software for personal use, and many can?t tell the difference
> > between genuine and illegal software, new research commissioned by
> > Microsoft Australia shows.
> <http://www.crn.com.au/News/95586,aussies-ok-pirated-software-for-personal-use.aspx>

i'm against the use and distribution of illegitimate copies. i refuse to
even tell people where they might find it.

i believe that if people want to run crappy proprietary software then
they should suffer *ALL* of the pain of doing so, including paying full
price for it.


for all the squawking they do about it, microsoft benefits enormously
from copyright infringement - without it, they wouldn't have a
near-monopoly operating system or office applications suite.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>