Re: JLP: Decision on the Piracy Issue

Joshua Pitcher (jpitcher@nospam.acacia.itd.uts.edu.au)
Wed, 30 Nov 94 9:37:42 EST

>
> I'm sorry. Are you privy to information the rest of us don't know
> about? I wasn't aware that the person (or persons...) [dramatic pause]
> involved were doing anything more than retrieving software from illegal
> sites, primarily for their own use. Perhaps you would like to bare your

No, you are correct. I do not have any information to suggest the software
was being sold, but stockpiling archived copywrighted software on a public
access system leads me to draw some sinister colclusion.
>
> I think you should go out into the real world and commit a few
> crimes. It might do wonders for your sense of perspective.
>
> Does everyone think it's time I started using irony indicators again?
> Are these people American? (For those of you who are taking every word I
> write as evidence of what I believe, I suggest you find out about literary

If you don't bileave what you write, why bother saying it? I don't have
"mood script (tm)" loaded over here to decipher the mood of your ASCII text,
so maybe you better use irony indicaters in the future...

> devices before replying.) The real point of my last post is that some people
> are too quick to point the finger, and overreact. A bit more diplomacy might
> be in order.

Here here!! Dont do ANYTHING until all the facts are known. But once you are
satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that serious crinimal activity has occurred,then appropriate steps need to be taken.

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