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tyler cox wrote:
> 
> In note <339B5C...@mailhost.sk.sympatico.ca>, Andrew Bassett  writes:
> <snipity>
> >just cut to the chase here. Blizzard Entertainment is a smart company.
> >S..M..A..R..T! Just look at what they did with Diablo. Adding 60 megs or
> >so worth of non-data junk to the end of the big 500 meg file, to make it
> >uncopyable, was a stroke of genius. Sure, sure. Mabye you can get a
> >program to copy it, but first of all, who would want to waste 600 megs
> >of hard disk space and besides, even if they had enough space, most
> >pirates would be too lazy to copy all that info. So, anyway, you can
> 
> You blatently forget that there are infact a number of us out here with CD
> burners. Now lets do a little math.
> 
> Cost of Diablo at local store $50
> Cost of four blank CD's       $30 <-rounded up
> 
> Total cost                    $80
> 
> Now if you have 4 friends who will pay you $10 for a copy of Diablo you end up
> paying nothing for your "original" copy and they each get the game at a $40
> discount. Blizzards total of lost sales $200 (4 friends * $50 a game)!
> 
> You think that this makes them a S. M. A. R. T. company?
> ~Ty~
> P.S. Yes I know the other side of the piracy debate, I *AM* a programmer, and
> have had my games pirated...never chose to press charges though...

But still, who would pay $40 and go through all of the hassle, rather
than $10 more? I always thought the big idea was to get the games for
free.....not waste your time for an extra $10. After all time=money.

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