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From:Neil Bothwick
Date:16 Aug 2000 at 09:02:57
Subject:Re: Amiga Piracy

Andy Wanless said,

> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Gerald Mellor wrote:
>> > Other programs are alleged to have even more creative responses to
>> > blacklisted keyfiles.
>>
>> 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 ****

They don't do this on corrupted keyfiles, only on known pirated ones.

> on IRC or your harddrive gets formatted unexpectedly...?

None of them do any damage to your hardware, only your reputation.

Neil



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