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"Look at pirates who offer download of vista for free on bittorrent." Microsoft is one of the largest software companies in the world. They can afford to take
by rick888 16y ago
"Look at pirates who offer download of vista for free on bittorrent."
Microsoft is one of the largest software companies in the world. They can afford to take the hit with piracy. The thousands of other smaller companies that sell software don't have this ability.
"Webcomics are free. Most Asian comics that are available in English are in actual, pirated and scanlated, but are often available in way more convenient format than the legitimate things(which are often not translated and probably never will make it to the shore of foreign countries)."
This is a bad example. Software and Music are exact duplicates.
- kiba 16y agoI don't see how killing small software firm versus inability to kill big software firm is particularly relevant to my argument.
- rick888 16y agoso what is your argument? I don't really see one in your post, so I was adding to the discussion.
- kiba 16y agoMerely that marginal cost does absolutely play a role and that people are really driving it down.
- rick888 16y ago"Merely that marginal cost does absolutely play a role and that people are really driving it down" Which isn't true. The marginal cost of copying random bits is the same as the marginal cost of copying Microsoft windows. The piracy culture that has become rampant in the last 10 years is driving the cost down.
- Super_Jambo 16y agoSoftware and Music are not exact duplicates, musicians can and do get paid to perform live.
- rick888 16y ago"Software and Music are not exact duplicates, musicians can and do get paid to perform live" ..and those live performances are also pirated. How exactly is adobe photoshop CS5 all over the bittorrent networks not an exact copy of the one adobe is selling on their website?