Re: OT: Copy of Photoshop/Pagemaker?

[Khan Klatt <khan@mediaaccess.com>]

At 7:24 PM -0400 9/27/2000, MattOVR6@aol.com wrote:
>Does anyone have a copy of the Latest Adobe Photoshop and Pagemaker they
>could send me?  I can provide a CD-R if necessary, or send you the money for
>the Disk and shipping.
>
>Thanks!
>Matt
>www.o-bars.com

Go to http://store.adobe.com. It's $609 for Photoshop, and $499 for 
PageMaker, and no CD-R is necessary. They even send you manuals and a 
registration number!


Now on the other hand, if you wanted to *steal* the software, you can 
just go to your local computer store, and sneak a copy under your 
jacket, and that beats the hassle of piracy, using a CD-R, or sending 
money and the disk and shipping costs. Plus, you insure that you're 
the only one nailed for the crime, without risking any jail time for 
the guy who actually pirates the software for you. (In other words, 
only one crime is committed, not two-- do your part to reduce crime!).


If you get caught either way, it's only $1108 worth of software, so 
it doesn't constitute a felony, just a misdemeanor. Depending on your 
state, you might want to steal some more stuff-- I mean as long as 
you're at it, you might as well pick up Adobe GoLive, InDesign, and 
Acrobat 4.0 and you're still under $2000, and that only constitutes 
petty larceny-- a misdemeanor (not a felony!) in most states.


Pick a store you don't like, because you'll probably be banned for life.


ObGLX content: I would avoid driving your Jetta across state lines to 
commit the crime, as that is an interstate crime and can involve the 
FBI. Likewise, shipping the CD over state lines is also an interstate 
crime, and that too will get the FBI involved. And if you take four 
or more people up on the task, that becomes conspiracy to commit, and 
they can charge you with a felony. Now, you can probably get that 
charge dropped (either on a plea bargain, or if you have a good 
lawyer) if you get caught.

Of course, this is all assuming you get caught-- you might not be 
caught if you're really discreet about it. One thing you might to do 
avoid getting caught is to not send a solicitation to commit a crime 
to a public mailing list-- especially one that can be searched and 
has an online archive.

For example, your original message can be seen at the URLs below, by, 
among other people, Adobe employees, the SPA, the FBI, and your local 
police

<http://igloo.igtc.com/archives/jettaglx/2000/Sep/msg00154.html>
<ftp://ftp.igtc.com/pub/pmm/jettaglx/>

-Khan

P.S. If this is your first offense, you may end up with just a couple 
weeks in a county jail with a guy named "Bubba", and a modest $10,000 
fine.

More ObGLX content: What upgrades would you do on your GLX for $10,000?
-- 

Khan Klatt                                         khan@mediaaccess.com

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