Author: Uri Blass
Date: 20:16:50 12/09/05
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On December 09, 2005 at 22:50:28, Antonio Dieguez wrote: >On December 09, 2005 at 21:41:18, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On December 09, 2005 at 21:25:35, Albert Silver wrote: >> >>>On December 09, 2005 at 21:18:49, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On December 09, 2005 at 21:03:59, Ed Murak wrote: >>>> >>>>>On December 09, 2005 at 20:59:11, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On December 09, 2005 at 20:49:26, Ed Murak wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>To divorce author rights from other property rights is infeasible for legal and >>>>>>>also other logical reasons. >>>>>> >>>>>>No >>>>>> >>>>>>It is clearly logical >>>>>> >>>>>>The difference is the following difference: >>>>>>one car more for one person is one car less for another person. >>>>>>one program more for one person is not one program less for another person. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Oh, yes it is. >>>>> >>>>>It is _more than one_ future program less for a _lot_ of people. >>>>> >>>>>For certain. >>>> >>>>If I understand correctly you mean that there is going to be less future >>>>programs. >>>>You may be correct and may be not correct but it is a speculation and not >>>>something certain. >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Also: >>>>>one car more for one person is one dollar more for some person. >>>>>one unpaid-for program more for one person may well be one dollar less for its >>>>>deserving author. >>>> >>>>And it also may be more dollars for him. >>>> >>>>The one who did not pay for it may tell other people about the program and part >>>>of them may pay for it and if he does not get it he may not tell about it to >>>>nobody and nobody is going to know about it. >>>> >>>>What is better for the author? >>>> >>>>1)selling 100 copies when nobody got illegal copy and only 1000 know about it? >>>>2)selling 1000 copies when 999000 got it illegally? >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>Do you honestly believe that more people decided to go out and pay for Hiarcs >>>and co. because they downloaded it illegally on the Internet and decided they >>>wanted to thank the author? Are you serious? >>> >>> Albert >> >>I do not claim that the same people who download illegally a program are going >>to pay it and it may be friends of friends of them that otherwise would not know >>about it. >> >>I have no opinion about it so I claim nothing but only that it is possible that >>people sell more thanks to illegal copies. > >so you are the one supporting taking away programs anyhow because speculations, >I see.. No I did not say that I support doing something against the law. Uri
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