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- From: dmb@case.ai.mit.edu (David Baggett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: ADVOCACY: Re: a blurb
- Keywords: PC piracy
- Message-ID: <1ivsq4INNrjj@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: 13 Jan 93 01:55:16 GMT
- References: <1993Jan11.205852.13486@bsu-ucs> <1itkq7INNb1l@life.ai.mit.edu> <1993Jan12.193457.27858@nosc.mil>
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- In article <1993Jan12.193457.27858@nosc.mil> healy@nosc.mil (Mike Healy) writes:
- >I do think that piracy is more pervasive on pc's. Every person I know
- >who has a pc has pirated commercial programs.
-
- By the same token, every person I know who has an ST has pirated
- programs. This is anecdotal evidence, and doesn't prove anything.
-
- >I detect the attitude among pc owners that I know that they are
- >"entitled" to pirate copies and you would be "stupid" to buy it.
-
- I detect that attitude among ST people. I don't think PC pirating is
- worse or better than on the ST. I think they're about equal. It's a
- matter of psychology, not computer hardware. I don't see why anyone
- would expect things to be different for any reason other than
- demographics. (I.e., Atari owners have less money so they pirate
- more.) Note that I'm not saying that statement is true; it's merely an
- example of a prediction based on demographics that could be tested.
-
- Dave Baggett
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