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Nat Emodi@emodi
3/8/2024

5/ “Now I ask you — does a musician have the right to collect the royalty on the sale of his records or does a writer have the right to collect the royalty on the sale of his books? Are people who copy software any different than those who copy records and books?”

In reply to @emodi
Nat Emodi@emodi
3/8/2024

6/ He went on to declare that such rampant piracy was stopping developers like him from investing the effort needed to build quality software. He pointed out the blatant unfairness of getting access to his work—the output of his time, effort, & investment—without getting paid.