Re: Fw: when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

[Laurelai <laurelai () oneechan org>]

On 1/27/12 4:12 AM, Jerry dePriest wrote:
> software "piracy" has been around for ever. I remember copying punch 
> cards. It took forever and if you made one mistake hours of work was 
> down the tubes. I had an apple II that we used "Disk Pirate" 1-11 to 
> copy games, peach tree accounting software, etc. In the time it took 
> to load the 5 1/4" floppy you could make a copy. From that you could 
> make as many copies as you deemed fit. I must of made $100 from Dig 
> Dug alone.
> Then came cad or ? with a software "lock" it was a piece of hardware 
> that connected to a serial port on your computer. Without the lock the 
> software was dead. You were free to use the software on any computer 
> but you had to have the lock. More computers simply buy more locks. It 
> has been so long I forget the details but it was effective. If you 
> tried to reverse engineer the "lock" you rendered it dead. No one 
> wanted to buy the locks so it went with the dodo...
> In this day and age piracy is simply a game that is quite profitable. 
> We used to copy and share over bbs' or even mail each other copies. 
> Shareware was the cats ass. Now I have to buy a new OS every frickin 
> year. New version of Office, Photoshop, etc. Frick that! I love Win 
> 98SE, it still serves my purpose. I love win 2k pro, it serves my 
> purpose. Vista, Win 7, MAc OSes... Crap, pure crap. Photoshop 5 does 
> all I need. Office 97 works great and has a nifty flight sim in it. 
> Win 7 is still frickin Dos... I still have my copies of Dos versions 
> 3- 6.2 and it serves its purpose.
> Do I use dvd decrypter? Yes. Dvd shrink? Hell yes. Do I sell the 
> copies or profit from it? Whenever I can. Boldly doing it over the 
> internet is just stupid and anyone who does it deserves the full penalty.
> bma
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Jerry dePriest <mailto:jerryde () mc net>
> *To:* full-disclosure () lists grok org uk 
> <mailto:full-disclosure () lists grok org uk>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2012 2:24 AM
> *Subject:* [Full-disclosure] when did piracy/theft become expression 
> of freedom
>
> im going to the 'benz dealer in the morning to express my 1st 
> amendment right...
> The Somalians are learning the hard way that it just isnt so...
> bma
>
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Except that you just posted about it in public on the internet...

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