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I believe that in a free market buyers and vendors should both be free to set whatever terms they like and negotiate on whatever basis they choose. Government
by inopinatus 13y ago
I believe that in a free market buyers and vendors should both be free to set whatever terms they like and negotiate on whatever basis they choose. Government interference in that (e.g. by regulation of who must set what price or what their T&Cs must be) is therefore, by definition, non-free.
- vacri 13y agoThen why aren't you supporting the government's actions here? The government is suggesting fixing the issue by removing protectionist legislation, and enabling the 'buyer' half of your comment a fairer field. Government isn't talking about setting prices, but by recommending a higher degree of free-market competition.
- inopinatus 13y agoWell, there's no free-market competition at stake, because Adobe cannot be said to compete with themselves. That is, Photoshop is not a commodity with multiple manufacturers competing for your dollar. And as for supporting this proposal; I have read it, and in fact I do support part of it: the removal of anti-circumvention clauses in copyright law. I just checked and I don't think I ever said the opposite. But I'm dead against legislating directly against geographical segmentation. It's a ridiculous notion, on the one hand almost laughably unenforceable, and if you could enforce it, it'd have a terrible effect on the pricing in developing nations with a lower price level than ours.