[LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

[Al Thompson]

On 02/13/2013 09:37 AM, drew Roberts wrote:
>
>> It's hardly easy to make money by SELLING what is available for FREE.
>> Sure, it happens.  There are a few places on the internet where you can
>> pay to download something (like an owner's manual) that is available FOR
>> FREE on the manufacturer's website.  Since the manufacturer in this case
>> makes it available for free, they aren't really ripping off the
>> manufacturer, but I'd say they are ripping off the consumer.
> So, those Penguin folks are ripping off the consumer? I mean, you could 
> download the books from Project Gutenberg right? Should someone alert the 
> authorities that they are ripping off the consumers?
>
> Here is a point you are ignoring. If you can't make money selling things that 
> are legal to copy and that can be obtained for free. How can you make money 
> selling things that are illegal to copy but are also available for free via 
> download however illegally? How do people sell knokcoff CDs and DVDs when 
> they are available as free downloads?

Well, the Pengiun folks are breaking a law, since the things they copy
are public domain.  They are not infringing any copyrights, and are not
making use of someone's property illegally.  Are they "ripping people
off?"  I don't know.  Go ask their customers if they knew they could
have gotten all of that legally for free.

>From what I've seen, people buy pirated DVDs because they either don't
have a DVD burner, or they believe that it is safer to buy it for cash
at some flea market where there is no paper trail leading to them.


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