Agreed. I helped a friend with obtaining cracks, because (1) he needed the program for doing his work and (2) The screen reader in question was priced so high that he wouldn't have been able to buy it any way. It's maybe not the rightist thing to do, but to use the metaphor, doctors have to work on the Sabbath too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] piracy of judgment day
> No, there are instances that I have seen where for the case of humanity, I > am looking at it from the perspective of the developing world where money > is > scarce, and, let us say, before NVDA and free screen readers, there were, > let's call them needs, and there were questions of refused funding for > such > programs while a fellow blind comrade's livlihood was in peril because if > he > didn't have such software he couldn't get a job he needed to support his > family, even though he was willing to work, some people were unable or > unwilling to help out. I'm being cryptic, but I can still defend piracy. > There are also instances of persons living in countries under US sanctions > who, a certain blind person wanted to become a teacher, and, because he > was > not allowed to import screen reading programs, well, provisions had to be > made. I know that this is technically piracy, but I regard this as > delicate > shades of grey where I would allow human discretion. > Ari > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
