points by qingcharles 6 months ago

I probably could have worded it clearer. I meant computers + copyright. As in there was no copyright on computer software.

AshamedCaptain 6 months ago

It is not just bad wording. This is still a questionable remark that smells of wrong assumptions about southern EU (and thus gets people irritated).

tecleandor 6 months ago

Still false. There were already police raids for 'pirate' games in the 80s.

Example, July 1986 [0]: "Nine Madrid university students involved in a thriving pirated video game business"

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  0: https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-sevilla-19860718-40.html