Subj : Should EMulation....
To   : Spaceman Spiff
From : Computrius
Date : Wed Jul 17 2002 04:48 pm

  Re: Should EMulation....
  By: Spaceman Spiff to All on Thu Jun 27 2002 04:52 pm

 >   Re: Should EMulation....
 >   By: Tinman to Amcleod on Thu Jun 08 2000 06:35 am
 > 
 >  > realises that what thay are doing is really illegal. "in the old days" Sy
 >  > and warez groups had to be compulsivly carefull for fear of a rade on the
 >  > houses. These days i guess poeple just don't care <shrug>
 > I think a lot of the Napster and KaZaa mind set is out there is populasr wit
 > the kids, but the booty can be irresistable.
 > 
 > With the current state of affairs in this country, I don't think software
 > piracy is at the top of the list of government priorities.
 > 
 > I think the Feds have more pressing concerns than wasting agents time kickin
 > in the bedroom door of a 12 year old kid to bust him for having a boot leg c
 > of Linkin Park in his Kazaa Share Folder.
 > 
 > Still, it does not make it right. I personally make it a point to PURCHASE t
 > CD of all my favorite musical artists. One I like supporting my favorite ban
 > Two, I like having a legit copy of the CD, kind of like a collector. Three, 
 > like reading the inserts and seeing the pictures that come in the CDs.
 > 
 > I also have been making it a point to purchase sftware I like to use.I actua
 > have legit copies of stuff like Win 98 & ME, Norton Anti Virus, Paint Shop P
 > Video Wave, Music match juke box.........
 > I would also like to say that I have purchased software that was crapolla an
 > felt it was criminal for someone to charge money for non functional software
 > with misleading lables. So I am not going to get down on someone for
 > downloading and trying the software out before they buy. Of course cracked
 > software is a risk in itself. You never really know what youa re going to ge
 > 
 > I think many of the WAREZ sites are so laiden with risks to your PCs stabili
 > and health that someone who consistantly gets their software from thatroute
 > will in the end suffer a living PC pergatory in dealing with trying to fix t
 > damage they have inflicted on themselves. How many nights of reinstalling yo
 > OS to fix the damage from screwed up miss matched dll files that some hack
 > patched together or  try and fix a myrid of other problems.
 > 
 > Finally they decide to bite the bullet a buy a legit copy of what they reall
 > need to make their PC do the stuff they want it to do.
 > 
 > Pirates really do suffer....
 > Downloader BEWARE!
 > 
 > No, thre is no need for making PC's hardware incapable of making copies, in
 > fact it is wrong.
 > 
 > A legitamite owner of programs and music should have and does have fair use
 > rights to make back ups of their CDs. And a good thing to becasue I do have
 > legally purchased software that the original CD has become un usable.
 > 
 > Well...thats all for now. :)
 > Spiff Out!
Actually I have been into warez for about 6 years, and not once have I had any
serious damage that required compleate reformating, or that totally disabled my
PC in any way.  All that crap is just stuff told by software companys to scare
people into not pirating.

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