| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 16 Aug 2000 at 11:38:34 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
On 16-Aug-00, adambell@connectfree.co.uk wrote:
> I saw an interesting letter on piracy in a PSX mag. Basically the guy
> admitted to owning a chipped PSX and pirating all his games. He used
> the example of Tomb Raider III. He got that on gold disc and even
> though he knew it was a great game, he hardly played it and didn't get
> very far into it. Now though he will buy a game for 30pounds and play
> it as much as possible to get his money worth. I think he made a
> really good point here. If you buy a game for 30quid and on first play
> you think it is crap or to hard, you will try and try to get into it.
> Buy it for a fiver, and the chances are you'll just go and try out
> sommat else.
Much the same happens with pirate copies of programs - without the
manual, the person with a pirate copy gets very little use out of the
program and soon gives up. So it becomes a null transaction - the
company doesn't get the money and the individual doesn't get the fun or
use from the software.
The exception is the very popular and expensive programs like Photoshop,
where there is an industry turning out books on "How to Use Your Pirated
Software". Tutorials in magazines must also be mainly of use to owners
of pirate copies, unless the manual is bad.
Regards
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