[NTLK] h*cks, kr*ks, SN

[Norman Palardy]

On 16-Jan-10, at 6:54 PM, Jim Lee wrote:

> Wow, that is a totally ridiculous statement!  Did you think before  
> you typed??

The materials author (whether it's software, books ,etc) retains  
copyright regardless of whether we can get in touch with them or not.
Knowingly violating that copyright just because we think it's  
"abandonware" does not make it right or legal.

Trying to defend a position that tries to make it sound high minded  
and moral is untenable.
It's theft and you know it.

Sadly the internet age has made it easy to be a thief - you no longer  
have to walk into a store and put products into your pockets and risk  
getting caught.
Now you download a bunch of bits.
And somehow people think this is ok