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Re: 6 months!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 18 Dec 1998 02:01:34 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDM.nomorespamORG
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Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
> Hrmmm. I'm in the market for a 50+" TV right now. Does that mean I
> could justify taking a half dozen out of the store at night to
> "evaluate" as long as I return the ones I don't like then pay for the
> one I keep?
Well, there's a key difference with software, that makes all such analogies
silly: you can make an infinite number of copies at no cost. It's more like:
you have a Star Trek replicator at home, and you take from the store the
replicator-instructions for six TVs, make 'em all, and then pay the
royalties for the one you like.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) Yeah, I know the typical rationalization. The reality, though, is that someone who pirates software (or music) is taking something they don't own without the owner's permission. If I could steal 50" tv's from Circuit City down the street from (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: 6 months!
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| (...) Hrmmm. I'm in the market for a 50+" TV right now. Does that mean I could justify taking a half dozen out of the store at night to "evaluate" as long as I return the ones I don't like then pay for the one I keep? (...) I wouldn't bother with it (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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