@rain_storm:
That kind of message was rather common in those days. Reason
for that was that people realized how important the game factory
was for their computer systems.
If game factory doesnt earn enough for their game titles because
no-one buys it anymore (because of cheap cracks) - it is not
worth to produce new games. Computer systems like the C64er
and the Amiga e.g. was so wide spreaded because of their enter-
taining site. So, no games means less/no users -> End of the hard-
ware.
In the early days game companies didnt release demo versions of
their games - that's why cracker groups claimed that it was a good
thing to make games available as cracks in order that ppl can test
games before they spend money for them. They argue that this
would force game companies not to sell crap games.
Furthermore, most crackers did cracks as a personal challenge.
They never intended to harm the game industries - well if they
did or not - that's another discussion. However, that's why those
slogans arised in the past.
