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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.micro
Subject: Re: Software Piracy
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Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 10:29:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 27 10:29:13 1984
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>>>       ... I'm getting tired of
>>> people making statements like "The microcomputer software industry is
>>> losing billions of dollars a year due to software piracy."  These
>>> statements are usually based on the assumption that if N pirate copies
>>> of a program are made, then that means a loss of N sales.  This is
>>> simply not true.

I agree.  Good software can stand the free advertising.  Indeed, I know
folks who have pirated software and liked it so much they bought their
own copies.  The rationale: "Let's keep a good company in business."
Also, they were able to get updated versions, all documentation, and
plenty of help from a phone call, things not available when you pirate
programs.  Writers of quality software should understand that one can
steal their code but not their reputation.
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