Re: A different approach

[misek@execpc.com (Bill Misek)]

On Sat, 09 Aug 1997 23:58:38 -0400, sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)
wrote:

>In article <5sj5mg$pqo@nntp02.primenet.com>, clay1@primenet.com (Clayburn
>Juniel/Effective Software Solutions) wrote:
>
>> No they don't.  In most cases if a software title is no longer availible
>> though still copyrigthed there is a competing program maybe even on a
>> different platform.  So if you steal the first program you are depriving
>> profits for some second program.  And some times both programs may be
>> produced by the same company.
>
>I'm sorry, but this is just ridiculous. There may be a very small number
>of cases in which that happens, but not in the vast majority. Most of
>the software being referred to are old games that have no direct
>competitors currently available beside computer games in general. And
>it is not at all obvious or certain that anyone inclined to buy Diablo
>would refrain from doing so because there is an Odyssey or Wizardry or
>Bard's Tale image available on Asimov. I never heard anyone say "Well
>now that I downloaded the Castle Wolfenstein disk, I won't have to
>shell out for Wolfenstein 3D/Doom/etc."

</sarcastic on>

Personally, I gave up diablo once I knew I could download deathlord
and questron for free. If only I had known before I spent that money.
Maybe I can get a refund. I'm sure the folks at Best Buy will
understand. Oops, I guess i'm depriving them of profit too. At least I
know not to buy Star Craft now when it comes out. There must be some
old game that is kinda like that. I sure hope Best  Buy and Blizzard
don't sue me for loss of profit because of this. Maybe then I could
find some old a2 legal software to help me defend. Damn! That would be
depriving some lawyers of profit. Guess you can't win.

Who needs multiplayer games with state of the art graphics anyways?

</sarcastic off>