Re: Is CoolEdit 96 freeware?

["Thomas W¿hni" <hovard@online.no>]

Steve and Stephen , I agree wholeheartedly. 







>I agree totally with you Stephen.
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>SPA actually stands for Software Publishers Association, not Protection
>Association.  You may have noticed my e-mail address is
>steve.lauder@elspa.com ...  ELSPA is a European version of SPA (European
>Leisure Software Publishers Association), and amongst many other things, 
>we
>look after the intellectual property rights of our members.
>
>When a company invests from 250,000 to 1 million pounds developing a
>software title, I think it is a very low act to defraud that company of 
>the
>money it deserves.  Indeed, many pirates in the UK (as I'm sure they do in
>America) create compilation CDs and add a tag to them to create an 
>identity
>for themselves; for example Manga Vol X, (a games compilation) or Blobby 
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>(Games and utilities compilation).  When these pirates find others copying
>and selling their compilations, they don't take too kindly to someone else
>ripping off their hard work (like the pot calling the kettle black).
>
>Its the same for many of the musicians on this list, who I'm sure don't 
>take
>too kindly to having their music copied and distributed by people who
>haven't got a clue how much work has gone into that recording.
>
>I suppose what I'm saying is it is morally incorrect to use pirated
>software - make sure everything you use is correctly licensed and
>registered.  Music software is the most difficult to configure correctly 
>for
>a Personal Computer, and technical support can save you hours of your time
>setting up your system - so it pays you to use genuine copies.
>
>Right, I'll get down off my soap box now!
>
>Steve Lauder
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