Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sri-unix!Wiedemann@RADC-MULTICS.ARPA From: Wiedemann@RADC-MULTICS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Software piracy - a novel approach! Message-ID: <12257@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 15:31:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12257 Posted: Thu Aug 9 15:31:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Aug-84 00:31:02 EDT Lines: 15 I received my September Computer Shopper yesterday, and an ad cought my immediate attention. There in the classifieds, was an offer for "used" software for the Z-100. Some of the offerings were: dBASEII for $85, Wordstar with Mailmerge for $85, and Multiplan for $75. Since I was in the market for Multiplan, I called the number listed and asked for Jim. Jim answered the phone and sadly informed me that Multiplan was sold. He then, quite voluntarily and to a perfect stranger (me!) said, (and I paraphrase, not recalling his exact words) "Yeah, see, what I do is buy this software, make a copy of it for myself, and then sell the the original as 'used' software". Incredible! Wolf Wiedemann RADC-MULTICS