Subj : Re: Forced registration i
To   : Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l
From : Geo.
Date : Thu Mar 29 2001 01:45 pm

From: "Geo." <georger@nls.net>

"Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" <nospam@nospam.org> wrote in message 
news:3ac3e706@w3.nls.net...
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> But loss of income is real in all three instances.
>

I don't agree. If a 16 year old kid who would never pay $4000 for a copy of 
AutoCAD should pirate a copy of AutoCAD, then AutoDesk has lost NO income. He 
was not a possible customer, and he has not reduced their inventory so they 
haven't lost anything that they would have sold to another customer.

If that same kid walks out of a store with a $4000 computer system then even if 
he never would have purchased it the store has in fact lost inventory that they 
purchased and could have sold to another customer. They HAVE lost income.

Geo. (it's still stealing, but there is a definite difference)

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