The end of the piss freebie?

Hi, All!
Sorry for the offtopic!

It has begun?!
As I and many others expected, after the video pirates
pissy software pirates waited their turn. Here, read the forward
from the echo
Newsgroups: spb.cdrom.free

T> For many people, the day 03/17/98 became a kind of “Black Tuesday”.
T> You will see a short chronicle of events below.
T> In the morning, at about 12 o’clock, 90% of the stores had made goods
T> control purchases of disks.
T> and criminal cases were opened. Those who were bypassed by this closed themselves.
T> There is also information that a similar operation, only on a larger
T> scale, will be carried out on the weekend in Avtovo at the market.
on Kazakova
T> As it became known from competent sources, the operation was planned
T> for a very long time, and was held in strict secrecy. Apparently that is why it
T> was crowned with complete success for the power structures.
T> In the worst case, the trade in CDs will be eradicated as a
T> class, and we will all buy software and games at the House of Books and also be happy that
T> we have the opportunity to buy at least this.
> What is the situation today? Are the points still closed? And what about
> criminal prosecution? A fine or what?

So the pirates are destroyed as a classnot only here ;)
But I think this is just a way to replenish the skinny local St. Petersburg budget.
Because the hardware merchants (and not only them) will be able
to “set the brains” of the Russian authorities at any level.
If this becomes irreversible, then the consequences for the Russian computer
market are difficult to imagine. Considering that licensed software at
cost is more than 80%, i.e. for every $1000 of hardware there should
be at least $4000 of software for it, but at the moment the situation is the opposite
(for $1000 there are only $200 of software). Most likely, prices for
compacts (already on the “black” market) will jump 3-4 times and the business of recording
for compacts will become even more successful. This always happens in the market, as soon as
someone is “bent down”, others “rise up”.
Thank God that Spectrum is not affected at all by all these disputes between the authorities and pirates from pussy
.

With respect, Andrey Savichev/ CGS

May you have eighty-three bags of hryvnia, Andrew!

Somehow a long time ago, specifically Saturday March 28, 1998 at 08:28 Andrew Savichev
wrote All:

AS> But I think this is just a way to replenish the skinny local St. Petersburg
AS> budget.

Exactly. You are absolutely right.

AS> Because the traders of writing hardware (and not only them) will be able to “
AS> straighten the brains” of the Russian authorities at any level. If this becomes
AS> irreversible, then the consequences for the Russian computer market
AS> are difficult to imagine.

Not difficult. Nobody will touch private citizens at all. Some companies will switch
partially to licensed software. All. Look at the examples of European countries
in relation to ours.

AS> Considering that licensed software costs more than 80
AS>% i.e. for every $1000 of hardware there should be at least $4000 of software

Interesting statistics. This is without classification, without content, equating
a programmer writing under free Linux with an animator working in 3ds MAX.

AS> to him, and at the moment the situation is the opposite (for $1000 there is
AS> only $200 of software). Most likely, prices for compacts (already on the “black”
AS> market) will jump 3-4 times and the CD recording business will become even
AS> more successful.

They won’t jump. Because then it will be cheaper to simply rewritethis compact.

AS> This always happens in the market, as soon as someone is “knocked down,” others
AS> “rise.”

The main wave of piracy is the Internet. The sidyuks are far away. And it’s very
difficult to cover up.

With respect, Tim. tyu...@usa.net [team Aries is Rulez Forever]

Hello Tim Yunaev! In a message of 31 Mar 98 Tim Yunaev wrote to Andrew Savichev:

TY> The main wave of piracy is the Internet. The sidyuks are far away. And it’s very difficult to cover
TY>.

In 5020, even with the abundance of the Internet, on the contrary, 90% of CD piracy.

With respect, Alex from FFC COMPUTERS.

>e-mail: as...@usa.net