Re: Warez - A Rebuttal

[Christopher Vereb <cjv8793@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>]

First, what I meant by "potential profits" is the revenue that would have
been generated for the software company had the software been purchased.
Once a free copy of the software has been attained it's not likely that the
user will purchase an additional copy from the company.  Therefore the
potential for profit from that software user has been lost. I know that 
some
people do use "illegal" copies of software as a demo before purchasing the
software, so my argument doesn't hold up under all circumstances.

And secondly, I hope that no-one here felt I was placing any blame or
calling any one immoral.  I'm not perfect and don't ever want to be.  I was
just following the conversation (or what it had become ...) and thought I'd
give my 2 cents on how I came to my decision on the subject.  If I offended
anyone I truly am sorry.

----- Original Message -----
From: Gregor Zavcer <gregor.zavcer@kiss.uni-lj.si>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: Warez - A Rebuttal


>
>
>
>
> ... but potential profits have been eliminated...
>
> I didn't eliminate any potential profit, because there's no potential
profit
> from my side at the moment. I took warez from an anonymous ftp and so i
> didn't pay the pirates (actually i don't even know a pirate with music
> applications). so blaming me for people getting fired is as blaiming me
for
> the holocaust.
>
> also to sum up and perhaps conclude this debate. i didn't come up with
this
> warez talk to find out if it's right or wrong. it started because one 
>list
> member got a negative response because he has an illegal copy. i don't
think
> ppl should be judged and helped based on the fact if they bought the
> program. I DO NOT say that warez is OK, but just wanted to point that
> there's also the other side of the story.
> Also, stating that somebody is immoral because he/she is using pirated
> software is an act which i'd really think about before doing it.
>
> greetings,
>
> gregor
>
> p.s.: the tools i use don't boost my self-confidence, the things I create
> with the tools do.
>