ANTIC Interview 118 - Mike West, Pirate

Published: Jan. 20, 2016, 8 a.m.

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Mike West, Pirate

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Mike West was an east coast software pirate who went by the handle \\u201cJolly Roger.\\u201d He was \\u2014 and still is \\u2014 friends with Gary Walton, whom I previously interviewed.

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This interview took place on October 9, 2015.

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Teaser quotes:

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\\u201cThe whole thing was kind of bizarre. It\\u2019s like, on one side of their moth they would scream about piracy. On the other side of their mouth they would kind of \\u2014 I don\\u2019t know, promote it in some way. It was very weird.\\u201d

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\\u201cPiracy did not kill Atari. Atari killed Atari.\\u201d

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