... in response to Re: There is a difference between piracy..., posted by Richard on Jan 25, 2002no problem with that. Or if you run a copy for a good friend, or excerpts or a safety or back-up copy. But I think when you hawk your copies or sell them and in many cases when it is "shared" with 2 million others, then the creativity will be stifiled, if the author or creator sees no return on his work. BTW: The bright bulbs in the Ukrainian government just again refused to honor international copyright and piracy laws. This will cost them a cool billion in trade just from the USA alone. This year. And now the EU will soon begin their own economic sanctions. This is really not a country that can easily afford such an economic loss and being banned from the chance of joining the EU next year. Of course who makes the money off the piracy...the government members who control the market.
