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M. Mitchell Marmel  
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 More options Jun 2 2006, 8:13 pm
Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
From: "M. Mitchell Marmel" <marme...@vrx.net>
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:13:51 -0500
Local: Fri, Jun 2 2006 8:13 pm
Subject: Re: The Pirate Bay taken down
In article <020620060653344887%math...@spymac.com>,

 Mathue <math...@spymac.com> wrote:
>    I suppose, though I'd wager one could still legally get the wall on
> CD without paying full price (A used book store that also selled used
> CD comes to mind).

True for telling, which is why the industry tried to outlaw the sales of
used CDs.  Heh.

> > I have a private theory that it's not so much the lost sales that irk
> > the media companies as it is the pirates mooning them and daring them to
> > do their worst.  I could be mistaken, of course.

>    Well, it certainly doesn't help. But for example I'm sure SFA and
> Rabbit Valley were more concerned with the lost sales than Sibe
> thumbing his nose.

Probably, yes.  However, had the activity gone on sans nosethumbing, it
probably wouldn't have been noticed...

-MMM-

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