[RTTY] Reply from Brian, K6STI

[Andrew J O'Brien]

Brian's view of what constitutes piracy differs from mine though.  Several
years ago I found a pirated copy and liked it so much I , out of guilt,
tracked Brian down and asked to officially purchase a copy.  He was kind
enough to email an updated version of RITTY,  and I was to put the  cheque
in the mail.  While operating RITTY that  weekend  the updated version kept
locking up.  We corresponded about whether I would get a refund of my $$$ if
a replacement copy would not solve the problem.  He would not agree and
demanded the money.  I argued that if I had purchased the software from a
store I would have been able to get a replacement or a refund.  Hence I did
not forward the check and DELETED the RITTY from my HD.  He still claimed I
pirated his software and added me to his nasty list in the software.  All
that trouble for being honest!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave AA6YQ" <dbernsteinsprint@earthlink.net>
To: <w7ti@dslextreme.com>; <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 3:24 PM
Subject: RE: [RTTY] Reply from Brian, K6STI


> The counter-argument is quite straightforward: if copying software is
> not theft, then no one one would pay for it, in which case there would
> be very little of it available.
>
> The whole point of intellectual property law is to make it possible for
> authors -- of books, motion pictures, articles, photographs, music, or
> software -- to publish their works without being ripped off by those who
> reason that theft only applies to physical objects.
>
>     73,
>
>        Dave, AA6YQ
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-admin@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-admin@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 10:59 AM
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> 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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