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- From: ja@oasis.icl.co.uk (James Allen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Software availabilty!
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Date: 23 Jan 1996 13:09:08 GMT
- Organization: ICL, Bracknell, UK
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- Ex.job Z/ETC Per Salmi Z/EG (qrasali@lmera.ericsson.se) wrote:
- : In article <wfblanDLKwt3.8Gu@netcom.com>, wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank) writes:
- : >
- : >No one can deny that there is a lot of piracy going on in the Amiga
- : >community at the moment. However, the solution is only partially in
- : >the hands of the end-user. There are MANY titles that some would
- : >never even hear about if it wasn't for their 'pirate' connections.
-
- : Every developer that releases commercial software of the Amiga
- : should release functional demo releases of the software on Aminet.
-
- : I think this would do a lot of good as many people hunts down illegal
- : copies of software to try them out. If they could get demos easily
- : from Aminet they may be more willing to buy the full versions of the software.
-
- : My impression of piracy is that a lot of people use the copies to
- : evaluate the software and then finds that it doesn't do what they
- : want.
- Or worse than that is that many people use the pirate version to try
- it out and then dont feel that it`s worth buying the original. Not that
- they dont like the game, but that they have a working version on their
- system and dont feel like spending 20-30 quid on a couple of disks
- and a flimsy printed manual.
- I hate to admit it but it`s happened to me in the past..Thats why I`m
- glad that I dont know anyone who has pirate games now and that I have
- access to demos of new games on Aminet. Therefore the temptation to
- pirate is not there and I can happily order a game without worrying
- about it..It`s a shame there arent many more Amiga CD games really, as
- again this is a great reason to buy a game as it cant be pirated. Well
- as long as it`s takes up more than a couple of megs and offers some
- decent enhancements anyway..."Talkie" adventures are a perfect example
- of these. I refuse to buy adventures which dont get an Amiga CD release
- now (if they get one on the PC), as speech adds so much more to the
- game.
-
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