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- From: jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason Compton)
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- Date: 29 Mar 1996 03:53:55 GMT
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- Stelios Stagakis (stilian@prometheus.hol.gr) wrote:
-
- : Therefore, we cannot expect a machine like the Amiga to sell well
- : thanks to all the available software from its current publishers
- : and developers; People will continue pirating all the new releases
- : until there's nothing left to pirate.
-
- There is a positive flip side. Pirates enjoy getting software for
- free--and would like a broad menu to choose from.
-
- As commercial software development declines, there are less pirates
- involved because, let's face it, there's just so much more stuff to take
- for other platforms.
-
- That's why the 64, one of the biggest (early) benefactors from piracy,
- now sees relatively little piracy on the whole. Commercial packages are
- basically selling to everyone who's using them. The "warez scene" is all
- but gone (and fairly ridiculous when something DOES get released) while the
- demo guys keep doing what it was they were trying to do all along.
-
- : Amiga needs to increase its "Piracy Equilibrium Level". This could
- : be achieved by persuading Amiga pirates all over the world that
- : piracy is a very bad thing to do. A task which is impossible
- : because a) there are too many pirates b) most of them can't be
- : persuaded. (I could elaborate more on that but I think the reasons
- : on this one are obvious.)
-
- Or they need to collectively decide that they'd much rather pirate Mac or
- PC software, making it Somebody Else's Problem.
-
- --
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