There's nothing very intellectual about paper money. If we all just print
what we need nobody will have their intellectual nor real property taken and
everybody will be able to afford whatever they want ;-)
Some people just choose to profit by not following the rules that make
society work better. On line activation, hidden keys, etc. make life more
difficult for people who are willing to pay for the software because too
many people take the software without paying for it and many brag about
their actions expecting acclaim(?).
-jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of keith_w
Walt Wayman wrote:
> I thought this thread had ended, and I don't want to get into this BS
> or stir stuff up, but I don't think that's entirely so. And this may
> well be putting too fine a point on it, but folks who copy or download
> or otherwise obtain software, music, or whatever, without paying for
> it are the very same folks who wouldn't ever buy it anyway, so
> although the creator has a right to be pissed, there's probably actually
no money out of his pocket.
With all due respect, Walt, you have a glitch in your reasoning.
The thief got the author's product without paying for it, so it IS stealing
and the author IS harmed.
No, no physical "taking away" from the author, but his intellectual property
was stolen, and that's morally and legally wrong!
A bank robber who steals from a bank is excused because chances are
excellent he'd never borrow from them anyhow?
C'mon!
keith whaley
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