Subj : Re: Forced registration i To : Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l From : matt Date : Thu Mar 29 2001 12:40 pm From: "matt" the prices of software these days, are outrageous, adobe photoshop runs for about $600, you expect anyone NOT well off to be able to afford that? your joking if you do, people who cannot afford this, arent suposed to dabble in computer made art? arent good enough to use it? your a joke if you think piracy is the same as shoplifting "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" wrote in message news:3ac4049a@w3.nls.net... > 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) .