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Re: Piracy and the Amiga (was Re: AB3D II beats Quake....)

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From: Jonas Thorell
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 23:34
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>> 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.

>I'm not blaming anyone. Everyone, the magazines, the software publishers,
>the people buying the disks appears to get a good deal. It's the overall
>effect over a period of time which has damaged the industry.

>Many ex-Amiga publishers, who are now publishing on different platforms,
>are giving away (almost) their products for coverdisk use, as they don't
>care about the Amiga market any more. Existing publishers can't compete
>with 'free' products, so they have to stop development on their own
>products. This leads to a freeze in Amiga software - no one can afford to
>further develop and enhance products and newer versions of your favourite
>programs just don't appear.

>Jolyon

I hope that doesn't count out Photogenics now, does it? BTW, anyone knows if
you can get the full version of Photogenics in Sweden? I'm currently using the
Lite version that's bundled with AT Amigas but I want the full one (and no,
I'm using the lite on a friend's machine, I can't upgrade!)

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Subject: Re: Piracy and the Amiga (was Re: AB3D II beats Quake....)
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