Re: games+software=4000+

[Gregory Lemire <glemire@idyllic.com>]

Paul wrote:
> 
> Sigh. for the newbies, this guy may be offering you old shareware - you can
> grab all you want off the internet from www.shareware.com or pick up the
> $9.95 shareware cd's that are the same thing in all the computer stores.
> 
> More likely he is offering pirated commercial software, which is breaking
> the law. We may all have differing views on the good, bad, or indifference
> of software pirating. However, I hope most everyone sees the crime of this
> guy maybe trying to profit at $100 per CD for stealing it. If this is
> pirate stuff, I hope he traced down & tossed in jail. Trying to make money
> from pirate warez should be immoral in everyone's book.
> 
> For those who aren't deterred by morals, most of the pirated software won't
> have the right drivers or support for your particular computer anyhow
> (notice this spam message was posted into both Mac & Windows newsgroups -
> odd, don't you think?), so you may buy a $100 piece of junk that can get
> you arrested.
> 
> --->Paul

Also, think about the fact that it has only cost this guy one dollar per
CD to produce.  Let's see, that is roughly a 10,000% markup.
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