Re: Software Economics (was: Quit Whining About Piracy)

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From: e... E. Peterson
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 00:00

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>> In all reality, what can they do?  They're out of $36 million that
>> they would have had otherwise, right?
>
>No.  I'm afraid not.  If no illegal copies of Descent were available,
>it is unlikely that every person presently playing it illegally, would
>have bought a copy.  Sorry.

Exactly.

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From: e...@u.washington.edu (E. Peterson)
Subject: Re: Software Economics (was: Quit Whining About Piracy)
Date: 1997/07/27
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