I had said that I wouldn't get involved in this discussion again, but it has
varied so far from the original crack site found post that it might be worth
it... bottom line (that someone else posted so well earlier) is that someone
who is cracking your software or otherwise illegally copying your software
isn't going to buy it anyway, so worrying about it is only going to cause
you grief, not them. The same is true for the person who copies a tape they
bought for their friends, videotapes a movie from a movie channel and shares
it with their cable deprived parent, photocopies pages from a text book and
gives them to their students, fill in your favorite here...

We seem to be caught up on this concept on if it isn't tangible, it isn't
theft... the software is downloadable over the Internet, and copying is easy
therefore, there is nothing tangible that is being stolen. Yes, the concept
of Intellectual Property is sometimes abused.. but it also protects
songwriters, book writers, movie producers, and a whole range of other
people who sell services from someone else stealing their idea and profiting
from it at the creator's expense.

Just because it is easy to reproduce and the reproduction itself does not
"cost" the producer anything.. that does not make it not theft.

Now, can we please move back to Palm specific discussions?



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