Piracy
Title: Piracy
Category: /Science & Technology/Computers and Cybernetics
Details: Words: 589 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Piracy
Category: /Science & Technology/Computers and Cybernetics
Details: Words: 589 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Recently, The Toronto Star published an article entitled 'RCMP
seizes BBS, piracy charges pending.' The RCMP have possessed all
computer components belonging to the '90 North' bulletin board
system in Montreal, Quebec. The board is accused of allowing
people the opportunity to download (get) commercial and beta (or
commercial) software versions. I feel that the RCMP should not
charge people that are linked to computer piracy, because the
pirated software offers valuable opportunity to
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the end.
Cracking down on software piracy is a waste of societies
energy. There is more benefit for everyone the way things are in
the present. Users get to view and evaluate it before they pay.
Hackers get a opportunity to view other works and learn from the
advancements on or find the errors in the beta versions. Software
companies get more exposure which in the long run will lead to more
revenues for them.