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Sociable · 11-01-2004, 15:54

An intersting aspect of this whole debate is, of course, the part that hardware manufacturers and Internet providers have played and will continue to play.

Hands up anyone that would have brought a cassette recorder if it were not for its ability to copy from radio records CD's etc etc.

Same applies to ISP's just how many people would sign up for broadband if it was not possible to gain access to content and download it.

As for MicroSuck I have no sympathy for them as IMHO the anti-trust cases should have been dealt with by the courts making them upgrade all customers who paid for earlier versions that didn't do what they were meant to FOC.

11-01-2004, 15:54	#27
Sociable Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Knebworth Age: 73 Posts: 1,816	Re: Are 'warez' really theft? An intersting aspect of this whole debate is, of course, the part that hardware manufacturers and Internet providers have played and will continue to play. Hands up anyone that would have brought a cassette recorder if it were not for its ability to copy from radio records CD's etc etc. Same applies to ISP's just how many people would sign up for broadband if it was not possible to gain access to content and download it. As for MicroSuck I have no sympathy for them as IMHO the anti-trust cases should have been dealt with by the courts making them upgrade all customers who paid for earlier versions that didn't do what they were meant to FOC.