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From:Alan Buxey
Date:10 Aug 2000 at 11:59:21
Subject:Re: Amiga Piracy

hi,

> I'm just interested in knowing about the piracy that is occuring on the
> Miggy ATM. A short while ago, I assumed that piracy of Amiga software
> died at the same time the general public thought the Amiga had died.

oh, not at all. all the latest Amiga releases have pirate versions - Wipeout
2097 and HII has pirate FTP sites two days before the game went on sale! :-(

> pirated. Does anyone know where this is going on? It is really easy to
> find pirated PC software on the net but I've never come across modern
> Amiga software and Mac software on the net and I know a few dodgy PC
> owning mates who only get their software from the net. They tell me that
> they have never seen any modern Amiga software either. (Excluding dodgy
> ADF files for WinUAE.

well, thats a big relief. but, I bet that if you COULD easily find it, you'd
be using it....deny, but temptation is there.

I've seen to the removal of a few FTP Amiga warez sites myself, but its hard
work and its not my job. ie I get paid to do my work, if other things bite
into my work time is it worth losing my job over?

alan

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