Re: [stella] Piracy

Subject: Re: [stella] Piracy
From: Greg Miller <gmiller@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 15:55:01 -0600
> Having said that, how do you feel about Sean Kelly's multi-carts?
> 
> I don't have a problem with piracy of this sort. Reason being, that if
> these games were available through stores and such, I would buy them. As
> it is, many of these games, Supercharger included, are not available for
> purchase from the "legal owners" or retail chains. As such "piracy" is
> the only viable way for many to play games thay would not be available
> to the general population. The only time piracy hurts anybody, is when
> the legal owners suffer a financial loss. It's like photocopying a 

Not true. When people lose control of their own art, they are being
harmed.

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