Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ut-sally!ico!farmer
From: farmer@ico.UUCP (David Farmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga User Demographics Are Changing...
Message-ID: <2400@ico.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jan 88 17:56:51 GMT
References: <4898@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: farmer@ico.UUCP (David Farmer)
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
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In article <4898@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:

An intersesting discussion about increase of software piracy.

>	The point is that, soon, I believe we will have just as much
>software piracy problems as the C-64 community did.  Sigh.  And I wanted to
>make my living writing Amiga games....
>
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>"Work FOR?  I don't work FOR anybody!  I'm just having fun."  -- The Doctor

I hope you are not too discouraged, I would like to see you continue to write
software for the Amiga.

I belive that the majority of people who pirate software, would not have 
used, and paid money for the software if they could not have pirated it.
So the amount of money made by the developer is not changed.  I think it
is even improved somewhat.  I do have some pirated software.  I never use
it myself, but do occasionaly demo it to people who are interested, and
encourage them to buy it if they like it.  If they were forced to buy it 
before seeing it, they never would.

Happy programming
David Farmer
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