³¼FUCK SAPU AND¼³ ³¼THEIR HIRELINGS !¼³ ¹ Some people in Denmark are out for rewards SAPU (the Danish software police) has promised people who turn in software pirates! So far every one of them have been concentrating on the abo sellers but some people seem to be willing to turn in swappers in order to get their hands on some cash! How comes I know that? Very simple, a guy simply sent me a letter where he wanted to buy an abo. I've reproduced his letter in both Danish and English. The Danish version is an EXACT version of the letter (includes grammar, spelling, use of upper case etc.). I've tried to translate the letter to English even though it was a little hard getting that formal tone of the letter. I decided however to delete some parts of his phonenumbers/address since I'd rather not go to court for first of all accusing this guy for being a guy turning people in, so everybody terrorises the guy and then next give everybody his address and phn-number. Danish version: (hans adresse) (Min adresse) Christian Lillelund --- --- DK-7100 Vejle Vedr.: NYESTE SOFTWARE VEJLE, 1992-08-23. ------------------------- -------------------- Jeg repraesenterer et par AMIGA-Freaks i Vejle og omegn. Vi er paa det seneste blivet meget interesserede i det nyeste til AMIGA'en, og da jeg saa din annonce i Crackers Journal, besluttede jeg mig til at henvende mig til dig. Jeg er kort sagt interesseret i at koebe et maanedsabonnement til AMIGA'en, og vil derfor gerne hoere din pris for en maaned - hvis du da saelger eller kender en der goer. Jeg er en ung 19-aarig, der nu i 8 aar har arbejdet med forskellige EDB-Systemer, og har idag baade AMIGA og PC (IBM-Kompatibel). Jeg overvejer meget kraftigt at erhverve mig et 9600 / 14400 baud modem, og er derfor ogsaa meget interesseret i en pris, hvor vi gaar ud fra leverancer pr. modem. Som ovenfor naevnt har jeg ogsaa IBM-Kompatibel PC, og er derfor ogsaa MEGET interesseret i det nyeste software til PC'ere. Saa hvis du kan tilbyde de nyeste pirat-versioner - eller muligvis kender en der kan - hoerer jeg meget gerne naermere fra dig. Jeg kan kontaktes paa: FAX: 7583-xxxx (Telefon bedst efter 16.00) TLF: 7582-xxxx Jeg forventer snarest at hoere fra dig - eller en du kender der saelger pirat-software. Hvis jeg ikke hoerer fra dig / en anden inden udgangen af denne maaned, regner jeg ikke med at hoere fra dig. Med venlig hilsen: (hans underskrift) Christian Lillelund. English Version: ---------------- (my address) Christian Lillelund --- --- DK-7100 Vejle Concerning: THE NEWEST SOFTWARE VEJLE, 1992-08-23. --------------------------------- ------------------- I am representing a couple of AMIGA-Freaks in Vejle and the vicinity thereof. We have lately become very interested in the newest for the AMIGA and when I saw your advertisemnt in Crackers Journal I decided to direct me to you. I am in a short interested in knowing your price for a monthly subscription for the AMIGA - if you are selling or know somebody who does. I am a youngster of 19 years who has been working with different EDP Systems for 8 years now and I have today both AMIGA and PC (IBM Compatible). I am seriously considering to purchase a 9600 / 14400 baud modem and I am therefore also very interested in a price where we assume supply by modem. As mentioned above I also have an IBM-Compatible PC and I am therefore also VERY interested in the newest software for the PCs. So if you can offer the newest pirate versions - or possibly know somebody who can - then I would be very pleased to hear from you. I can be contacted by: FAX: 7583-xxxx (Telephone after 16.00): PHN: 7582-xxxx I expect to hear from as soon as possible - or somebody you know who sells pirate-software. If I do not hear from you / somebody else before the end of this month then I do not count on hering from you. Yours (the guys signature) Christian Lillelund -------------------------------------- What a nice little letter. Just the tone of this letter makes my little 'software police bell' ring like hell. I've NEVER received a letter like that from a 19 years old boy. And I have NEVER had an add in Cracker Journal (and NOT Crackers Journal as he spells it!). And if he wants the latest wares why doesn't he contact one of these big abo selling groups in Germany??? I really can't see why he thinks I sell abos, since I've never sold abos and I mainly swap demos. The next weird thing in his letter is the fact that he wants to purchase a modem. Why the hell should a guy concidering buying a modem get an abo when he can download hot wares 24 hours a day with a modem? And why does he use the term 'pirate software' instead of games? It really seems as if he badly wants to get his hands on a software pirate. Infact he encourages me to give another the guy the opportunity to sell him an abo if I won't do it! As you may have noticed the little traitor has a fax too? Or has he? I checked the fax number and found out that this number belonged to a carpenter named Albert Lillelund (probably his father). So he probably gave me the number just to impress me and look like some kind of a pro. Guys like this one really pisses me off. Small, ugly kids trying to fool scene guys into traps and then turn them over to SAPU to get some money. I have purposely NOT publiced his address this time but I will do so if I find out that this son of a bitch tries this trick on other Danes too. So if any of you Danes have received a letter like this don't hesitate to tell me so. If this bounty hunter wants to play the games then we'll show him the rules of that game! Just how ridiculous SAPU can be: I think most Europeans know the Danish software police by name now. They call themselves SAPU (in Danish: Sammenslutningen af Amiga Program Udbydere. In English that's something like : Association of Amiga Software Mongers). But at the beginning the lamers called themselves SAP but the dumbasses didn't know that this abbrivation was already used by an extreme left wing party (SAP in Danish means Socialistisk Arbejder Parti, in English that's something like Socialistic Worker Party). So now the jerks had to change their name to SAPU which most of all reminds me of some kind of Nazi group! The responsible Danish firms behind this organisation are Supersoft, Silverrock Prods. and Amiga Warehouse, so now you know who to boycutt! Signed: An anonymous freak ² The Top Secret staff can assure that this is true, since we are in possesion of a copy of the letter. If anyone else have got something similar, please write to us !