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- From: toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sira)
- Subject: Re: The Perennial Piracy Debate
- Organization: M.B. Cormier INC., Orleans (Ont)
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 20:28:58 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.202858.7265@micor.ocunix.on.ca>
- Summary: and the band played on...
- References: <bazyar.711852801@teal> <1992Jul23.185730.19631@athena.cs.uga.edu> <bazyar.712366903@teal>
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- >>bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
- >
- > If someone doesn't think a program is worth the sticker price, that
- >*DOES NOT* give them the right to pirate it. Capitalism works because
- >someone either thinks a product is worth a certain amount, and purchases
- >it, or they think it _isn't_ worth a certain amount, and they don't
- >purchase it. If a particular company is having a hard time selling a
-
- Actually, some of us would argue that capitalism (particularly consumer
- capitalism with advertising/marketing for flavour) doesn't really work
- at all. It appears to in the short term, if you're willing to readjust
- your definition of "works". Of course, this has now gone off-topic.
-
- > I tell you what. Everyone knows Porsches are overpriced. If you _truly_
- >believe what you're saying as regards to piracy, go out and steal
- >a Porsche. After all, it's got an arbitrary sticker price, right? After
- >all, it's not hurting Porsche Co because you'd never have paid them
- >anyway, right? No argument in favor of piracy can fly.
-
- Oh, please...this is the classic misunderstanding. There are perfectly
- good examples without corrupting your argument. Stealing a 911 is not at
- all like stealing Windows...on the one hand, I can't copy the 911 and
- distribute it to potential customers, and on the other hand a "stolen"
- Windows is still saleable (particularly if I only keep it for personal
- use). Traditional property law doesn't apply especially well to information
- copyrights...for that matter traditional _copyright_ law doesn't really
- apply to software very well. These laws are simply going to have to change,
- and they will (as they have before).
-
- I'm not advocating or denying piracy here, just pointing out a few
- fallacies B-).
-
-
-
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- Marc Sira |
- toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca | "Your god drinks...P-P-Peach nectar!"
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