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From: sjk@aicchi.UUCP (Ksiazek)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: A few facts about software theft from a real live software developer
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 10:38:37 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 10:38:37 1985
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Organization: Analysts International Corp; Chicago Branch
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Summary: 

>5) Software is like books, and the book industry survives
>
>   Software is copied perfectly on a disk.  You get a copy every bit as
>   good as the original.  Not so for books and a photocopier.  And copying
>   a book is a lot of work, and often involves destroying the binding of
>   the original.
>-- 
>Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473


Not only do books photocopy terribly, who would pay 5 to 10 cents per page
for these terrible copies.A four hundred page book even with 2 pages xeroxed
on one sheet still costs ~ $20.