Re: Pirate PHP books online?
| From: | Richard Lynch | Date: | Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:10:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Pirate PHP books online? | ||
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On Wed, July 25, 2007 5:15 am, David Powers wrote:
> Richard Lynch wrote:
>> At no point did I intend to sound unsympathetic to your plight!
>>
>> I only wanted to make it clear that 99.99999% of musicians are in
>> the
>> same boat with you, despite what you read in the newspapers.
>
> Understood. I simply want to lay to rest the idea that piracy is
> "somehow OK" because it's getting back at the big boys, who "can
> afford
> it anyway". Piracy also hits hard-working individuals, to whom the
> loss
> of income usually does make a difference.
Piracy does not hurt the big boys in the least bit.
They simply jack up the price for honest folk.
You're only stealing, yes, Larry, actual money :-), from hard-working
individuals who pay MORE for their legit copy when you pirate.
That is the end effect.
That is why it really IS theft.
:-) :-) :-)
--
Some people have a "gift" link here.
Know what I want?
I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist.
http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch
Yeah, I get a buck. So?