| From: | greenboy |
| Date: | 10 Aug 2000 at 18:18:49 |
| Subject: | RE: Amiga Piracy |
> Don Cox :
>Experience during the period when Amiga was the top games machine was
>that there was no price low enough that people wouldn't rather get the
>stuff for free. So the price may as well be high enough for the honest
>minority to pay for all the pirate copies too. The best market is
>probably those with money to burn who must have a new game, in its
>original packing, the moment it comes out.
Ah, we can theorize about finance, but there is also the psychology of
the pirate: when something is already ravaged and easy pickin's, there
are likely to be some buzzards who will take further pecks from the
corpse-to-be. If we were talking "healthy" in the first place, many
would be reluctant to swoop in. They are, after all, weak themselves.
>In the case of serious programs, I'm sure you should give away the
>program and sell a nice book about it. Or possibly charge a
>subscription for an update and advice service.
That's one model. But in a healthier market, one can actually make a
living using the conventional model. No apologies, no excuses, value
delivered and received.
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