rone at ennui.org (definitely what) writes: > Damien Sullivan writes: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 09:47:46AM -0800, definitely what wrote: > > Joshua Kronengold writes: > > Theres a -reason- that most piracy is done by teens who have a limited > > income, and largely can't afford what they are "stealing". > > Actually, most piracy is done abroad, where law enforcement is spotty. > And where people largely can't afford much of what they are "stealing". > > I'm not sure what that has to do with it. If they can't afford it, then it isn't a lost sale for the legitemate publisher. Not arguing the ethics here, it's clearly "wrong" to me. But counting every pirated copy as a full-price retail sale in stating the losses from piracy is absurd. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info