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From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: Software Piracy (loooong)
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Date: Sat, 23-Mar-85 13:35:05 EST
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Comparisons between the situation with software and either music or TV
movies are specious.

The most important difference is volume.  The volume of software is unlikely
to be as great as the number os viewers of a movie on TV or the number of
people who listen to a song.  I don't think I have to explain the effect of
volume on prices to any educated person.

The second major difference is in the hardware of recording.  With software,
being able to use the software at all almost always implies that the person
has the facilities to make copies of it.  Not so with music and TV movies.
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