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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <2461@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 16 Dec 88 11:29:03 GMT
References: <555@icus.islp.ny.us> <2363@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <27145@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <12656@bellcore.bellcore.com>
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In article <12656@bellcore.bellcore.com>, duncan@geppetto.ctt.bellcore.com (Scott Duncan) writes:
> (People copy records, videos, etc. ALL the time.  It's a luxury
> entertainment item that they do NOT really value highly.)

Something I missed in my earlier posting, it seems.

If the market for "records, videos, etc." was as small as the software market,
this theft would have driven these businesses to the wall as well.
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