Re: New Apple II SuperSite Online

[Michael <michael@apple2world.com>]

Piracy is a bigger problem on Mac's and PC's than the Apple II could
have ever dreamed of... goto altavista sometime.. or yahoo,
search "+warez +keygens" - and look at the millions of sites you will
get that offer warez where needed, or programs to crack the demo
versions of stuff.... The apple did not have that many resources.

I am almost positive everyone here has taken a free copy of something
in their lifetime... I know I have.. but you know what?  If I get it,
and I like it, I buy it!  Now-a-days its different because they have
software timeouts and such... and I think most people would do the
same, if you got it for an "evaluation" so to speak, and liked it, you
probably bought it.... if you didnt like it, you didnt buy it, and
didnt use it anymore either...
Mike


In article <39EBBC10.A5C5C0DD@inetnebr.com>,
  Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting point. Why did the same company sell the same program on
three
> platforms, PC, Mac, IIGS, but only on the IIGS did they use such
odious copy
> protection? The only answer to that question that makes any sense, of
course, is
> that piracy was a much more serious threat on the II than on the
other two
> platforms. Of course, as you pointed out, the protection itself can
help reduce
> the marketplace, but then, the protection wouldn't be needed if
piracy wasn't a
> problem
>
> Roy
>
>

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