Re: vogons vs turlettes

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Arkain wrote in message <397db3fa$1@hal.grnco.net>...

>This just show how well suited the copy right law are for books, and yet so
>completely unsuitable for digital media. Books can easily sell for 120+
>years, but I know of no software company that wants to sell a piece of
>software for the lifetime of the company + 70 years!!!! The laws need to be
>adjusted to accomodate the new medium.


Arkain,
    They are adjusted for the new media exactly as Megacorporate
America(Earth?) likes them. No one will upgrade (and spend new money) if
suitable older software exists. They'd either have to come up with new
concepts for software that justify newer machines (No way, that takes
talent, effort!!) or live off aa more meager profit margin. The only mystery
is why QC agrees with this, as I can't imagine him being clever or cunning
enough to have his slice of the megacorporate pie. In earlier posts, I have
pointed out the time limits and their inappropriateness for new media, and
he hurls insults such as...

'and a few dippy terms like "internet years" '

He likes it like this. Perhaps, he's living off great-great-granpa's
literary genius. Who can say?

John