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To: Rande Is who wrote (10057)	7/26/1999 1:26:00 PM
From: Khai Nguyen	Respond to of 57584

Rande Really appreciate your detailed response. Very educative for me. Thanks.

To: Rande Is who wrote (10057)	7/26/1999 1:40:00 PM
From: Rande Is	Respond to of 57584

AOL/MSFT Rant. . . . . AOL and MSFT up to old "tricks". . . if there ever were two companies that exuded the image of dictators, it is these two. The U.S. government is doing what it can to keep Microsoft from "forcing itself" on computer users. While AOL employs dirty tricks to keep Microsoft's new Instant Messaging system from competing with their own, by purposely "jamming" the messages to AOL customers. Who loses? We do. Instead of the internet becoming a place where communication is easy and inexpensive and the development goes unchecked, these two giants are "jockeying" for dollars with little regard for what's "good" for the internet or the public. . . . . so. . . Dear Microsoft, Your Windows software is helpful. But I will throw it out the window and switch all my PCs to Linux, if you don't stop forcing your Microsoft Network and your Internet Explorer on me. Dear America Online, Your graphical interface is easy to use and full-featured. But I will delete it and switch to Earthlink or Mindspring, if you don't stop forcing me to look at advertising each time I log on. . .[if my window is not centered, so that I can hit the "no thanks", making me have to re-boot to proceed]. . . and if you don't stop trying to stifle the competition, thus restricting the natural competitve development of the internet. . .which results in cheaper costs for me. You are the two largest internet companies in the world. GROW UP. Rande Is

To: Rande Is who wrote (10057)	7/27/1999 12:24:00 AM
From: ~digs	Respond to of 57584

Rande, LQID- With regards to piracy, what about the copying of CDs by means of a CD burner? My experience has been that this sort of method is far more prevalent then the downloading of MP3 files. Also, in my observations, the usage of either method is not at all restricted to any particular demographic. Both young and old will steal the music they want to hear. Any sort of generalization along the lines of age is not relevant. Once someone has the knowledge and ability to illegally copy an artist's music there are really only two things that are of issue: 1. That person's tolerance for music of lesser quality (many people are not at all interested in the absolute best of sound quality). 2. That person's values (relative to the cost of quality). In the end, the abundance of piracy in all of its different forms will depend upon the consumer's price for technologies similar to LQID's. If resourceful Jon is usually an honest guy, but can't quite afford his desired tunes in LQID format, let alone the cost of a new LQID player, resourceful Jon will turn to easier methods of obtaining his choice of music. IMO, so long as the arms of the law are not an immediate threat to oneself, there will always be a significant amount of piracy.