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From:Gary Peake
Date:10 Aug 2000 at 17:50:33
Subject:Re: Amiga Piracy

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:25 +0100, adambell@connectfree.co.uk wrote:

>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.
>
>I think I've read of Dopus, OS3.5, Wipeout and some clickboom games being
>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.
>
>So who is finding out about it or is poor software sales just being put
>down to piracy? If it is piracy, then is anything being done about it or
>are people just complaining.
>
>And to the people who download it: You are killing the Amiga.

And if anyone finds a pirate site, please email me privately at
gary@amiga.com.

Your name nor email address nor any other piece of personal
information will be associated with any actions we take here against
the pirate web sites.



Gary Peake
Director Support
Amiga Inc.

Catch the Dream ... Amiga Dream Team



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