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Re: OMG!

Im Artikel <3af6f7b7.182938562@news1.on.sympatico.ca> schrieb "Jeff
Blakeney" <CUTjefbla@bconnex.net>:


> On Mon, 07 May 2001 14:19:41 +0200, "Sheldon Simms"
> <sheldon@interprice.com> wrote:
> 
>>Like I said before, buying
>>a used original copy does nothing for the copyright holder, and if the
>>copyright holder isn't interested in distributing the software, then
>>I'll just get it somewhere else.
> If that is your attitude, you better stop buying stuff at any stores.
> The stores have already compensated the distributors who have
> compensated the publishers who either are the copyright holders or have
> compensated the copyright holders.  You buying something from a store
> only compensates the store and does nothing in the long run for the
> copyright holder.

Nonsense. A store is a distribution channel for rights holders, and
sales in a store translate directly into gain for the rights holders.

None of that applies to second hand sales.

-- 
sheldon@semanticedge.com  "The term (denotation t) denotes the object denoted
                           by the object denoted by t." -- KIF