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somehow... piracy can also be a good marketing tool for intellectual
property owner too. It is how the owner take advantages on handling
the piracy issue. For example, on this part of the world (asia),
Microsoft and other software companies through BSA - Business Software
Alliances only take action on the business organizations that used
pirate software. On the home/personal users, there was no action
taken. It is because, those who used pirated softwareat home will get
familiar with their products and when they go to work, these people
will prefer to used these same kind of software too at their workplace
...( then the training cost will get reduced too). One example is
microsoft Office, this brings advantages to Microsoft especially to
counter what open source or free software like Open Office can offer.
A lot of people who are familliar with Microsoft Office are reluctant
to use Open Office and i've seen this at my office. If these people
are already familliar with Open Office, they don't mind to use it at
their office too, which means no sale for the big fat Microsoft..
There will be no request from the employees to ask the company to buy
Microsoft Office if everybody are happy using Open Office..<br>
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So, it is how the intellectual property owner handle piracy.. they can
turn piracy to be on their side by taking its advantages with some
brilliant strategy..<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Pengyfelix@aol.com">Pengyfelix@aol.com</a>
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<div>Personally, I have never downloaded or copied movies, music,
etc. and that isn't just because I'm technologically inept. Can't say
I'm entirely innocent though. I'd be willing to lay kopins that I'm
not the only one on this list that has patronized the pirated DVD
booths at cons. Sure, we all know they're illegally copied/sold
videos, even if the seller slaps a disclamer that he/she believes this
material is in the public domain (saw that one on Star Wars--yeah
right). My moral justification is that we're trolling those booths for
programs that have never been professionally released for the home
video market (e.g. Star Wars Christmas Special), and we're not buying
the bootleg Spiderman 2 or whatever. We buy the professional releases
of the programs or movies when they are available, but certain things
are simply not out there on the non-pirated market. I'd give the
producer/writer/artist his cut if they would just put it out there for
me to buy from them, but until they do... Sure that's just excusing
something that I know good and well is a violation of US copyright
laws. I've not lost sleep over it.</div>
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<div>As for the resale of artwork on eBay, I'll just reiterate what
has become, I think, the consensus: people who get sketches from
artists for the express purpose of selling them are jerks, and not just
because they make the lines longer for us legitimate fans. However, if
you got a sketch from a favorite artist, then fall on hard economic
times, it is a painful decision to part with your sketch to make the
rent payment this month. Knowing that you had to hawk your beloved
artwork for a roof over your head is bad enough without us
self-righteously emailing "tsk-tsk" from our comfy, warm computers.
Between those two ends, there is a lot of grey area that ME and Sergio,
being the interested parties, assess on a case-by-case basis. All we
need to do is bring it to their attention. I think, as a Groop, we're
pretty good at doing that, and they're pretty good at nabbing genuine
offenders.</div>
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<div>Janet</div>
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