*** Quoting Albert Alcoceba from a message to Ryan Bagueros ***
AA> I do not *WANT* the pirated software.  I work closely with 
AA> programmers and help distribute their software.  I will work as hard 
AA> as I can to stop piracy in any shape or form. And I hope you haven't 
AA> been using your real name in this conference or you will be 
AA> regretting it.
I also work closely with programmers and help distribute their software. I am 
a
programmer and have distributed my *own* software. However, I do not wish my 
software to be in the exclusive domain of the rich, or the upper 
middle-class, 
or anyone like that. 
As for me "regretting" anything I've said, that's laughable. First of all, 
the 
only thing I have on my hard drive is software related to my BBS (which, 
incidentally, is all FREEWARE, if you've heard of that) and text files. I 
have 
no need for software aside from that and, consequently, I don't have any. 
Second, what would you possibly do? Call the SPA and say, "Some guy on an 
echo 
on a BBS I call said piracy is ok! Go get 'im!" Considering the millions of 
dollars of software pirated every day, I think they would probably overlook 
the
opinion of just one guy. The real distributors of pirated software are 
thoroughly anonymous and anyone can find them on the Web. 
Ironically, this should be a wake-up call for you. You plan on making me 
"regret it" - regret what? Speaking my mind? Disagreeing with you? 
Disagreeing 
with the corporation? You are the ultimate fulfillment of my general 
contention: that the corporation really is a brainwashing mechanism and that 
it
really does cause violations of things like FREE SPEECH. Thanks again for 
proving that I'm right.
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