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Below: | -----Original Message----- | From: Christopher Vereb [mailto:cjv8793@ritvax.isc.rit.edu] | Sent: Sunday 10 September 2000 2:56 PM | To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com | Subject: Re: Warez - A Rebuttal | | | First, what I meant by "potential profits" is the revenue that | would have | been generated for the software company had the software been purchased. | Once a free copy of the software has been attained it's not | likely that the | user will purchase an additional copy from the company. Therefore the | potential for profit from that software user has been lost. I I think this is a misguided assumption. Who says "it's not likely"? Have you scientific studies to determine "it's not likely"? Have they made any laws for "it's not likely"? Personally, I will buy software that I find useful, smart, gets the job done efficiently and quickly, is stable, software that I know how to make it work. I don't buy software that is bloated, crappy, unstable or useless. If I ever got my hands on some warez I'm not familiar with, will I try it out? Hell yes, I will! If it benefits me, my business, my career, etc., to have technical support and the full backing of the software company, will I buy it? Absolutely! Anybody who has ever bought software knows the absolute necessity to have access to updates, upgrades, their technical database, their telephone number, etc., etc. My computer will be outdated in a couple of years. If I have software I love, I'll upgrade it with my computer. Software companies have been under the gun lately because of their fine print anyway. The want to be held totally unaccountable for some of their shitty software. If I buy bad software, I want to have the opportunity to get my money back. Some of these companies want to get over and not be accountable. I say if some of those companies get hurt by warez, well, they had it coming! But, personally, I don't think they get hurt. The more people out there are using their software, legally or illegally, the more likely users will buy a license in the future.