From: Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:15:41 +0800
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Subject: Re: Novell & Microsoft Settle Largest BBS Piracy Case Ever
In-Reply-To: <199601152123.QAA28777@jekyll.piermont.com>
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On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Gary Edstrom writes:
> > I saw this in a news summary today and thought that it might be of
> > interest to the list.  Sorry, but this is all of the article that I
> > have.
> 
> Repeat after me:
> 
> This is not software piracy punks. This is CYPHERpunks. We talk about
> cryptography and its implications on society. Software piracy isn't a
> topic around here.

Except, of course, if truly anonymous transactions were easily available 
now, the people wouldn't have gotten caught AND could have made a bundle 
in the process...

End of goverments = decline (but not end) of software markets?

Jon Lasser
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