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From: rgc2@york.ac.uk (Richard G Clegg)
Subject: Re: Trouble's a-brewin'
Date: 22 Apr 1996 14:35:35 +0000
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Cthulhu (patrickc@Direct.CA) wrote:

: Whow! A crime that the criminal gets absolutely nothing out of! I'm still 
: beginning to wonder which idiot made selflessness, charity and generosity a 
: crime :). 

  Perhaps some *idiot* thought that programmers who write worthwhile 
and intelligent software should be rewarded for their efforts rather
than ripped off...  Just something you might like to consider - if everyone
pirated Infocom games then the company might, for example, go under and
be swallowed by a software giant who would sit on the label and milk it
for all it was worth by releasing games based upon the original and hoping
they can up sales by playing upon nostalgia.

  oops - too late.

--
Richard G. Clegg      There ain't no getting round getting round
Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York.
email: richard@manor.york.ac.uk
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