[comp.sys.atari.st] Software Piracy Survey

terrell@druhi.ATT.COM (TerrellE) (06/26/89)

Atari ST Piracy Survey

The following is a little survey about software piracy.  Please send
your responses to me (att!druhi!terrell) and I'll post an annonymous
summary of the results.  Please "fill in the blanks" with a text editor.


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Answers:	1  	I Entirely Agree
		2  	I Partially Agree
		3  	I Totally Disagree
		N/A	This question doesn't apply to me
		B	I choose to not answer this question

 1.	Atari ST users are worse pirates than users of other machines ___.
 
 2.	As an Atari ST User, I would never buy a copy-protected 
	game program ___.

 3.	As an Atari ST User, I would never buy a copy-protected utility 
	program ___.

 4.	As an Atari ST User, I would never buy a copy-protected educational
	program ___.

 5.	If I were a software developer, I would never copy-protect a
	game program that I developed ___.

 6.	If I were a software developer, I would never copy-protect a
	utility program that I developed ___.

 7.	If I were a software developer, I would never copy-protect a
	educational program that I developed ___.

 8.	I own pirated copies of some Atari ST software ___.

 9.	Of the pirated copies of Atari ST software that I own, I would buy
	the product if I had the proper incentive ___.

10.	If I find a "borrowed" copy of a program useful, I always buy the
	program ___.
	
11.	I use disk copying software to make backup copies of the copy-
	protected software that I own ___.

12.	Software piracy can be exploited by software marketers to increase
	their profits ___.


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