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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Used DPAINT [I & II] for sale
Summary: Instead of endless arguing about it, why don't one of you
      call E-A and ask them what their policy is?
Message-ID: <562@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 20 Apr 89 20:03:46 GMT
References: <16386@oberon.USC.EDU> <6789@ecsvax.UUCP> <16404@oberon.USC.EDU>
Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky
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Since it is their product, they should be able to tell you one way or another
if it is legal or not to re-sell their products. I would call but I can't
find their number, so I guess I will just throw in my 2 cents worth too :-)


Personally, I don't see the difference in selling a disk and selling a 
used CD or Book to someone else. That is legal, so why not software? 

Some have been arguing that by reselling the software, you are taking away
potential revenue from the programmer, because rather than buying a store
copy, the person is buying your used copy. 

This sounds brain dead to me. You could use that argument against buying
anything used: CD's, Books, Refrigerators, TV's, and so on. Buying anything
used takes away potential business from the manufacturer, but that doesn't make
it illegal. 

What makes software so special? It's a product just like any other. As long as
I am not making illegal copies and selling those (or giving them away) then I
should be able to do anything I want to with the software, include selling it
when I tire of it, or erasing it (or is *that* illegal too?).






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