Subj : Re: Forced registration i To : Geo. From : Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l Date : Thu Mar 29 2001 12:10 pm From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" If it stopped there -- but what about the copy an older friend gets from him -- perhaps a draftsman, who encouraged the interest in the field in the first place...? Oh. Now I see the plan. Just like drug-dealers, have juvenile cutouts for the theft.... gs "Geo." wrote in message news:3ac3f275@w3.nls.net... > "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" wrote in message > news:3ac3e706@w3.nls.net... > > > > 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) > > --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .