On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 14:14:11 +0100, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 16/08/2020 12:04, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 03:52:53 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>> On Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 5:58:12 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
>>>> Once I had cable Internet in 2000, I downloaded video from Usenet
>>>> binary groups and IRC. Some of the IRC channels were very good back
>>>> then, people would share TV content merely minutes after it aired in
>>>> say, the U.S. I was and still am interested mostly in documentaries.
>>>> Later, bittorrent of course. And now, various other ways.
>>>
>>> I'm concerned that some of those might violate the intellectual property right
>>> of the copyright holders. I wouldn't want it to happen to the software that
>>> I write, so I practice the Golden Rule.
>>
>> LOL
>>
>I share Cindy's attitude.

It's a formal, goodie two-shoes attitude that I can only applaud you
for. In reality, companies using Cindy's software don't want to do so
illegally. They'll want to be able to get support, updates, etc. All
the software I use for work is legal and paid for.