From: "Geo." 

I just got a spam offering me office 2007 for $70, you want to explain to
me how all the copyprotection in the world PLUS the best spam filters
available has failed to even make a dent in this?

Geo.

"Rich"  wrote in message news:45bd2a21$1{at}w3.nls.net...
   Piracy was an issue with the VCR.  Pirates set up banks of recorders to
make pirate copies.  It was time consuming and had real costs both in time
and in physical media.  CDs and DVDs have the same but costs are much
lower. Sure there is money to be made but that doesn't excuse piracy.  The
issue is that the balance between the cost of real product and the cost or
pirated copies has shifted dramatically.  Pirated copies now have a cost
that is effectively zero.

   If is not your place to set the price for someone else's work.  If you
don't like the price don't buy it.  If you steal it you are a crook and
should come clean.  If you ever create something of your own, and in years
of discussing this you have never hinted that you are likely ever to do so,
you can set your own price.

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45bd2790$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  This is the same argument that they used against the VCR, it allows anyone
  to pirate stuff soooo easily... and yet it enabled the movie industries to
  make more money than they ever dreamed possible.

  The internet is no different.

  You need to understand something, people are basically honest folks who
pay
  for what they want. All you need to do is figure out what they want and
make
  it available at a price point that they find acceptable. The internet is a
  wet dream for this if the copyright nuts don't fuck it up with their same
  old nonsense.

  Geo.

  "Rich"  wrote in message news:45bd239b{at}w3.nls.net...
     Stronger protections are due to one thing, technological advances that
  make piracy easier with increases in connection speeds being a major one
if
  not the major one.  10 years ago people didn't steal movies over the
  internet like they do today because it wasn't practical.  20 years ago you
  had to distribute physical media which took significant time to duplicate.

     I don't see copy protection restrictions becoming any more restrictive.
  They seem focused on one thing, don't allow unlicenced copying.

     It's very interesting that this seems to affect your life so much.  I
  could see this if you are one of the folks active in pirating software and
  content.  I can't think of a single example where any such restrictions
have
  affected me but I'm not a pirate.

  Rich
    "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45bced48$1{at}w3.nls.net...


    The whole thing is being motivated by the desire of the software and
  content
    industries to have more and more restrictive options for copy protection
  and
    licensing use.

    Geo.

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