RS> Yeah, main problem with that tho is just
RS> getting mail order type addresses etc.

KR> i don't think that mail order was ever a possibility,

 RS> There always was quite a bit of that, both from Malaysia
 RS> and Taiwan. I've used them both, so presumably there would
 RS> have been others in places like India and Russia etc.

i've never come across that, all the stuff that i have seen has come from
hk or singapore, and all was collected in person.

KR> most operations worked on a market stall basis. i saw golden arcade
KR> back before the cd rom days, little stalls with no name, just a
KR> display book of programs and a pc behind a curtain to copy the disks.

 RS> Yeah, there was always plenty of that level too. The most obvious
 RS> problem with those from our point of view is the personal visit
 RS> required. 

KR> 6 months ago, i am told, these stalls were displaying just the paper
KR> inserts from the cds, they were fetched from elsewhere on purchase.

 RS> Sounds like a fine idea.

golden arcade has been operating for as long as there has been pcs. it goes
through periodic attention from the authorities, gets cagey, and then
bounces back. god knows what will happen next year, it may be allowed a
free hand, or it may be squashed for ever. 

 RS> India has also had a very long tradition of bodgy copys of books too.

yearh, i've seen plenty of indian copy stuff, but never software, i see
that the chinese are now forging australian cigarettes (:

                         keith
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