On Sun, Dec 28, 1997 at 08:27:35PM -0500, Bob Helfant wrote:
> At 07:55 PM 12/27/97 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote:
> >I think you are overlooking something here:
> >
> >Cost of xerox.firm: $100
> >Legal cost to xerox to go to court: $5000
> >
> >I offer "xerox.firm" to xerox for $3000
> >They save $5000-$3000: $2000
> >I make $3000-$100: $2900
>
> Is this what we are going to extremes to save the world from? I have
> always seen this scenario mentioned as piracy and extortion. If this is
> the size of the problem, let the big company pay it and let someone make
> $2900. It is far cheaper in money and resources than systems for settling
> these disputes.
Let me paraphrase: a typical shoplifter only costs a store a few
hundred dollars at most. Therefore we should just let the store
absorb the cost, and let the shoplifter make a few hundred dollars.
It is far cheaper in money and resources than systems for preventing
shoplifting.
Besides -- I don't think we are "going to extremes"...
-- Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited", kent@songbird.com the thief he kindly spoke... PGP fingerprint: B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44 61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55 http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html
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