(careering OT) copyright

[Dai Evans]

No: HPFGUIDX 9641

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Aberforth's Goat" 
<Aberforths_Goat at Y...> wrote:
 
> Whether using such an illegal copy is in every case *immoral,* is a 
related
> but somewhat different question--and I think people need to answer 
it on
> their own. I'm not entirely sure what *I* think, but I'm absolutely 
sure
> that it's the kind of question that's difficult to discuss without 
scalping
> each other.

On a question of copyright morals, I wonder how many people on the 
list can honestly say that 100% (or even 25%) of the software on 
their computers is 100% legal. Particularly with students in halls of 
residence, etc. it has been my experience that software gets swapped 
and shared on a huge scale (i will give no details as they may tend 
to incriminate me). Perhaps people should think about that before 
they condemn fiction copyright infringers. Of course people may think 
that they have more of a right to rip-off huge companies than authors 
(even if they did gross £20m last year).



Dai