This is typical of those who decry piracy losses. The RIAA counts supposedly every download as lost revenue, but it's a fact that many who download music download things they would never buy. I have a friend at work with a 12 year old little brother who has downloaded photoshop cs to his computer in his room..does that count as 'loss' ? This kid was never in the next decade going to buy photoshop. There is no true money lost. It may be unethical to download software for personal use that you would never buy, but it's also unethical to cry lost revenue when some kid with no cash downloads your product. These companies increase their numbers to better lobby those who make laws about punishment for piracy. That's why your better off getting caught drunk driving then recording a movie with a 2 mp cell phone in a theater.
Mike On 9/15/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Amen, Tony. Ever since the CS series made its debut, > >I've had nothing but trouble remounting photoshop > >when, for example, I changed the motherboard... > >I guess we owe this wonderful experience to the > >routine pirating of former years. > > They told us that the reason for their software being so expensive was > their need to make up for sales lost to pirating. They said that for > every copy sold, two or three copies were stolen. So now they tied their > software up using online activation to prevent pirating. However the > prices did not decline at all. Definitely no 75% price cut. So the > question is 1) Are they liars? or 2) Are they crooks? Or both? > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
