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- From: jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph")
- Subject: Re: Piracy and the Amiga (was Re: AB3D II beats Quake....)
- Message-ID: <DovrpA.C2q@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
- References: <4j7cru$123@flood.xnet.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:15:10 GMT
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-
- > There is a level of piracy, let's call it the "Piracy Equilibrium
- > Level."
-
- Thank's Jason. I was going to post a response to that message along
- similar lines, but you were able to explain the concept far better than I
- could have managed.
-
- Of course the 'Piracy Equilibrium Level' changes with time. For many
- years the level was very high for the Amiga, hence C= selling millions of
- A500's... Nowdays Amiga piracy is VERY harmful.
-
- But it wasn't the big killer for professional Amiga software though (and
- I know several people here will strongly disagree with this), the big
- killer for professional Amiga software was the magazines giving away
- full-priced products (eg Imagine 2) on their coverdisks.
-
- The whole industry suffered. People will happily put up with an old (but
- functional) Word Processsor rather than buy a new one. Shops refuse to
- stock Amiga software now as they've all had stock that's been made
- worthless once the product appears on a magazine, and people aren't even
- buying new products - waiting instead for the inevitable coverdisk
- release.
-
- Apart from short-term benefits from upgrade sales to the companies
- offering the free coverdisk program, and to the magazines in increased
- circulation, (and, of course, to the magazine buyer getting a real
- bargain - although unknowingly killing the Amiga market at the same
- time), everyone loses out in the long run as no-one can afford to develop
- a product purely to give away on a magazine.
-
- Jolyon - Almathera
-
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