This thread was beat to a bloody pulp, revitalized, beat again, and thought
was put to a timely death a long time ago. The objection to Beezleys
"piracy" problem was not the piracy problem but the method he was going
about causing interference to on going transmissions. A lot of the so called
piracy was in fact done by legit buyers who was trying to use the software
with a club call or another call and couldn't get ahold of Beezley. Another
question that was never answered was the legality of Beezley turning on YOUR
transmitter and transmitting something HE wanted to, when HE wanted to. And
yes, I am a registered owner of RITTY and have never questioned Beezley
being a genius, just his methods. I miss Ray, WF1B.
Wayne k7wm@i10net.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Turner" <w7ti@dslextreme.com>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Reply from Brian, K6STI
> On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:49:17 -0400, Ed Tanton wrote:
>
> >people who would never remotely
> >consider taking a penny on a tabletop that wasn't theirs, seem to think
> >nothing of software piracy. It totally escapes me.
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
> All my software is bought and paid for, but I understand the
> point of the "pirates" too. In their view, they are not taking
> something, they are making a copy of something.
>
> If you had a physical object - anything at all - and you went out
> in your workshop and made a duplicate from scratch, leaving the
> original intact, have you "stolen" something? Most people would
> say no. Agree or not agree, that is how the pirates think. It
> seems to be one of those things like politics and religion where
> everyone has their own belief and they're not about to change.
> Anyway, that's my take on it.
>
> 73, Bill W7TI
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