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From:Gary Peake
Date:16 Aug 2000 at 01:21:01
Subject:Re: Amiga Piracy

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 01:09:53 +0100, Gerald Mellor
<egroups@utumno.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi Andy, on 16-Aug-00, you wrote:
>
>>> Like AmIRC and its "/me is a lame software pirate" message.
>>> Although I think the Shapeshifter thing is more stylish :)
>>
>> So when your harddrive has a funny turn and corrupts your keyfile,
>> and then you get strange error messages, or made to look like a
>> complete **** on IRC or your harddrive gets formatted
>> unexpectedly...?
>
>Who said anything about formatting a hard drive? (that was just a
>hypothetical solution, I'm not aware of any software that actually
>does this)
>
>I don't see the harm in either the Shapeshifter or AmIRC methods. And
>I don't know how it works, a corrupted keyfile may not have the same
>effect as a known pirated one.

I am curious as to what people think would be the appropriate approach to
piracy (theft)?



Gary Peake
Director Support
Amiga Inc.

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