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echo: nopiracy
to: KALMAN DANIEL
from: ALBERT ALCOCEBA
date: 1997-04-29 22:15:00
subject: Re: heh Is it just me?

Hi Kalman!
In Kalman Daniel's message to Albert Alcoceba on , Kalman Daniel 
said:
 AA>> Do you see it as fair that I had to work a full day while you sat
 AA>> around on your butt and did nothing for the same game?
 KD> Fair against whom ?  I don't really care if you, for example, buy
 KD> something a hundred times above the market price.  This is your
 KD> problem.  So if we talk about being fair, my behaviour is not fair
 KD> only against the author of the
 KD> program.
Not so.  We are talking about YOU stealing here.
 KD>   Maybe not even the author, rahter the distributor, because
 KD> the authors usually don't receive money after each sold copy.
Usually they do.  Most receive royalties on a per copy sold basis.
 KD>   So we
 KD> came to the conclusion that I'm not fair to the distributor.  The
 KD> distributor, who sells the products on almost the same price as in
 KD> developed countries such as yours, with much higher GDP and salaries.
 KD> And expects the same profit, sometimes even more profit as the price
 KD> of work is much lower here.
To put it no your words:  The author doesn't care if your economy is so 
stuffed that your GDP and salaries are so low.
 KD>   Well, considering this, I can sleep quite
 KD> well knowing that I break the law.
It always comes down to the same thing:  If you can't afford it then do with 
out!  As it is I earn far below the average wage for Australia
 KD> On the other hand, if I chosed to buy the stuff, I should have worked
 KD> for about a week for exactly the same program. Do you consider this
 KD> fair ?
 KD> Stay tuned to...
 KD>                                           Daniel
 KD> SM_aRT@schoolmail.com
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Regards,
Albert
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