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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
That said, Night Stalker, it may be true that CD and software prices were jacked up before p2p and before CD burners. However, piracy still existed -- I had friends who were very gifted at cracking games and even making distributable copies of those password keys many games came with during the late 80s and early 90s. That said, an evil industry still does not justify theft, I have learned. Fix the industry, don't resort to theft.
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True, piracy has existed in every industry since commerce was invented. My comment about the music industry's skyrocketing prices and falling sales was not about justifying it though. I was only pointing out that before 'piracy' became available to the masses, they were abusing their customers, and trying to blame lagging sales on the customers. p2p is just the current blame. I agree whole heartedly - fix the industry, don't resort to theft. But that is a whole other debate.
[edit] Congress though is more symathetic to industry though and not the masses.
[ 05-08-2003, 02:25 PM: Message edited by: Night Stalker ]
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