Re: [NTLK] Ebay seller offering Hiroshi driver

From: kareljansens (kareljansens_at_tiscalinet.be)
Date: Thu Jun 10 2004 - 14:36:02 PDT


Op donderdag 10 juni 2004 22:52, schreef Doug Parker:
> Has anyone emailed the seller?
>
> A ruthless vendor selling Hiroshi's driver illegally can ruin a good thing
> for everyone if it gets pulled, and although we may not be able to stop
> them, we can and need to do what we can to get him to 'fess up offline and
> to cease and desist.
>
> If it's a clueless but (I hate to put it this way) unintentional seller,
> then the right outcome, to cease and desist, should be easy to accomplish
> and I wouldn't expect any major problems in getting them to stop.
>
> It's the intentional, criminal seller who can do the most damage. Those of
> you who've bought from this user, it would be well and good to contact them
> offline, if you haven't already and since you already have a business
> relationship with them, to inform them.
>
> In the end, we'll have shown Hiroshi through our efforts that we support
> him appropriately.

Not to sound as if I want to defend software thieves, but how do we know that
the seller is doing something wrong? Surely, if he bought the product from
Hiroshi, he is free to sell it on, right?

Karel Jansens

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