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From: dml@rabbit1.UUCP (David Langdon)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Profiteering from Shareware/Freeware?
Message-ID: <180@rabbit1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Jun-86 10:31:56 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 25 10:31:56 1986
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Organization: Rabbit Software Corp., Malvern PA
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> 
> I wonder if copying floppies with public domain software on them and selling 
> those copies at 5 to 6 dollars each really is profiteering!!!  The service 
> these companies provide is the duplication service; and in some cases, 
> providing some level of documentation (or description, or indexing) for the 
> software.  Some also weed out duplicate copies or obsolete versions.  
> Granted, this software is also available on bulletin board systems, but for
> some people, the convenience of ordering vs randomly searching through a
> bulletin board is worth the small price.

I don't think the problem here is duplication services. I am certainly willing
to have someone else duplicate and provide the software to me without having
to go somewhere and do it myself (phone lines, BBS charges, diskettes, ...).
The problem is when the organization charges 5 or 6 bucks and THEN 3 or 4
bucks in duplication/handling charges. This implies that the original 5/6
bucks is "clear" profit (or pretty close).

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