Posted by Justin on 01/10/06 15:35

NYC XYZ wrote on [10 Jan 2006 07:14:07 -0800]:
>
> Justin wrote:
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>>
>> DVDs are a luxury item, $5-$15 isn't too much to ask for a luxury item.
>
> Irrelevant. The issue is whether piracy actually raises costs.

Piracy raises costs, either directly or indorectly. We pay more because
of piracy.

>> is $11-$12 high for a CD? I don't think it is. Yes, that's what I pay
>> for CDs, new.
>
> Like I said, you really need to read more.
>
> It's only that price now thanks to the government suit brought against
> the Big Five -- Bertelsmann, Sony, etc. -- who kept prices at $16-20
> for almost two decades.

Ummm, bullshit. I have never paid more than $12 for a brand new CD.
Well, not in the US anyway. The prices were that low BEFORE the lawsuit
and still are today.


> Really, Justin, you need to read more -- much more.

It appears you're the one that needs to experience the reality, as
you're full of shit.

> But kudos to them who do. Prices would be what they are, as numerous
> examples already cited suggest. Piracy is just a convenient excuse for
> keeping them that way.

So, you claim piracy lowers prices yet raises them at the same time.
Excellent "logic".

>> What makes you think they don't?
>
> Because you said they had warehouses of the stuff.

Since you snipped what the fuck this was about, huh?

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