I'm not a huge fan of pirating software, even vintage software. But the sad fact is that these forums would fade into oblivion if a heavy-handed approach was taken. Fewer people would be interested in coming here because very few people would have the software to play with, and even fewer people would be able to try out the software that other people are talking about. That takes away a lot of the fun and most of the reason to chat.

Of course open discussion of piracy should be discouraged, but there is very little that we can do about the less open stuff if we want this place to continue to exist. And, of course, we can live up to our own standards as well. Those of us who don't like piracy simply don't pirate.