🚀 go-pugleaf

Fred wrote:
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> On 10 Jun 1997 05:56:40 GMT, "Outlaw" <out...@pacbell.net> wrote:
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> I agree with this.  For example, lets say that Willie Lunchmeat would
> like to have Microsoft Office 97 for his computer at home, but it
> isn't something that he absolutely needs, and there is no way in hell
> he is willing to shell out the $300+ for it.  But, lets say that
> Willie is browing the web, and finds a WaReZ site that has Office on
> it.  Willie downloads it and lives happily ever after.  Micro$oft
> hasn't lost a dime because Mr. Lunchmeat wouldn't have bought it in
> the first place.  Don't get me wrong, im not supporting Piracy by no
> means, but don't sit here and pump out bullshit "projected,
> hypothetical" loss stats on proggies that would have never been bought
> in the first place.  Besides, the only company in trouble is Apple,
> and no one is (or wants to be) stealing there shit.

Another example.  Lets say that you won a prize, say a car.  There is no
way that you would have bought the car but it was given to you as a
prize.  Someone comes to your house in the middle of the night and
steals it.  With your analisys, you havn't lost anything so it is
perfectly okay that the person is using the car without paying you for
it.  I guess with this line of thinking, this wouldn't be stealing. 
After all, you didn't pay anything for the car in the first place, and
the person taking it wouldn't have bought it from you. 

Just because Mr. Lunchmeat wouldn't have bought Mr. Gate's program it in
the first place doesn't make it right to take it.  Hypothetical loss
stats are very real, especially when it comes to foreign countries
bootlegging software and selling it in the black market.  Even if 10% of
the bootlegged copies sent to foreign countries would have been bought
legally if not available illegally, that would be millions of dollars
for software development.  If you ever wonder why it cost you $50 for
the be-all end-all new game on the market, part of that price is
covering the cost of illegal copies.  If someone wants MDK or Diablo bad
enough, they will find the way to come up with the cash to pay for it if
there were no illegal copies to be had.