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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Seems illegal to me. Will you get by with it? If for personal use, maybe. If for corporate use? Depends on how many competitors you have out there.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I don't like it one bit.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I guess in the post Napster era, ethical questions are, shall we say, in flux??? Why pay, when you can get it free?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To all you code writers out there: What is your take on this?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">No, you are right to question the legitimacy of this. I can only hope this is a "sting". It is most certainly a "pirate", if not in the letter of the law, then certainly the spirit of the law.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Since this isn't linux related, I will shut up now. :></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Monty</FONT>
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<P><A NAME="_MailData"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT></A>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From: Fred James [SMTP:fredjame@concentric.net]</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:08 AM</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">discuss@ntlug.org</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">[NTLUG:Discuss] I got this offer</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I got this offer from something called "Warez CD" to sell me "backup" </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CD's and serial numbers for different software, at $19.99 a set. The </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">claim is it is the same thing as the boxed set, just no box or manual. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">They are advertising Adobe, Microsoft, etc., software, including XP Pro, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Photoshop 7.0, Office XP Pro, etc.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">My first thoughts were "pirate" and "sting" - how about you?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"Wisdom begins in wonder." - Socrates</FONT>
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