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- From: howard@netcom.com (Howard Berkey)
- Subject: Re: Why the Piracy? Here's why...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.191238.28334@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <1992Dec17.165626.293@physc1.byu.edu> <1992Dec18.124705.11418@tdb.uu.se> <1992Dec21.174045.7669@usl.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:12:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.174045.7669@usl.edu> pvl1779@usl.edu (Leach Phuong V) writes:
- >
- >Software Company: "If everyone would buy the software instead of pirating
- > it. We could afford to lower the prices."
- >
-
- Since software companies are able to charge as much as they do, and
- people will pay that much for the software, this will never happen.
-
- >Software Pirate : "If the Software companies would lower their prices a
- > little, maybe I could afford their product and not
- > have to pirate it."
-
- Regardless of what the SW costs, free is still cheaper. Lower costs won't
- affect piracy.
-
- >
- >I smell an infinite loop...
- >
-
- Nah, just business economics :)
-
- -Howard
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