Re: Visted id Software in Dallas and got registered version of DOOM

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From: David Reeve Sward
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 14:05

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Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action: 5-Jan-94 Re: Visted
id Software in D.. by Taylor Hu...@clark.net 
> You are correct in stating that people will 'feel they have paid the
> price of the game already', and probably not pay for the shareware, but
> that does NOT entitle the game's author to a percentage. 

Then couldn't id claim lost sales due to the shareware disk vendor
misleading the customers?  I believe rack vendors now have to clearly
state what is and is not shareware, and that an additional fee is
required by the author for registration of the product.
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David Sward     swa...@cmu.edu
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From: David Reeve Sward <swa...@CMU.EDU>
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Subject: Re: Visted id Software in Dallas and got registered version of DOOM
Date: Thu,  6 Jan 1994 09:05:37 -0500
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