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Article #8926Re: Piracy and the Amiga (was Re: AB3D II beats Quake....)
From: John Gager
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 21:41
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 21:41
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In article <DovrpA.C2q@cix.compulink.co.uk>,
jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph") wrote:
>Apart from short-term benefits from upgrade sales to the companies
>offering the free coverdisk program, and to the magazines in increased
>circulation, (and, of course, to the magazine buyer getting a real
>bargain - although unknowingly killing the Amiga market at the same
>time), everyone loses out in the long run as no-one can afford to develop
>a product purely to give away on a magazine.
Yeah, but doesn't a company have to give their permission before a magazine
could release their software on a coverdisk? It seems to me that if a company
allowed that, then they have no-one else to blame but themselves. Of course,
there are quite a few cheapskates that are using software without upgrading,
but it's not their fault it was on a coverdisk for $10.
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