Subj : Should EMulation....
To   : Spaceman Spiff
From : Tim Post
Date : Sun Jun 30 2002 06:00 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!



Your name sounds very familiar to me... Did you ever use Maryland BBS systems?


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