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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (77823)	4/20/2002 7:02:56 PM
From: bacchus_ii	Read Replies (1) of 275872

Bill, you are 100% right about XP or XBOX and most soft. I always tried to explain that piracy should never be a concern for software maker. It's like tax evasion for those who work "under the table". As long it's do not exceed 20% of the market, government should not try to recover those tax efficiently. The work they do usually wouldn't be done at all if fully taxed. The same for piracy. It's not a lost market at all. Software piracy is not free, a lot of downloading required, no after sale service… Trying to eliminate piracy would not increase revenue, probably reduce it. Warez are free promotion of a product. Those who will buy the product will do it after a friend will have tested and recommend it, and that friend is probably a warez and don’t use it for other purpose than to know it. Bill Gate know that. At one point in time, concerning China pirating MS's product, he said: "What important is that it's MS's product that are pirated. We will collect royalty later and when and where it will be possible."

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