From: "Scott V. McGuire" <svmcguir@syr.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 18:41:42 -0800 (PST)
To: <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: Executing Encrypted Code
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On Fri, 20 Dec 1996 aaron@herringn.com wrote:

> >At 1:29 PM 12/20/1996, Bill Frantz wrote:

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> >I would expect software prices to drop because everybody using the software
> >would be paying for it.  I would also expect more kinds of software to become
> >available.
> 
> I doubt it- if everyone has no choice but to pay, why would software companies
> lower prices? What would happen is a) less pirated software floating
> around, and
> b) software companies make much more money. I don't see prices coming down.
> 

You should expect software companies to make more money and for prices to
come down.  Remember, there's not just one software company.  This scheme
would force some of the people who would copy software to buy it,
increasing the profits to the software companies.  So, why would the price
come down?  Well, because of the increased profit margin, there is now
room for the price to come down, and since there is competition among
software companies, at least one of them will lower prices for the
advantage it will give them.  The others will have to follow.


>
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> 

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Scott V. McGuire <svmcguir@syr.edu>
PGP key available at http://web.syr.edu/~svmcguir
Key fingerprint = 86 B1 10 3F 4E 48 75 0E  96 9B 1E 52 8B B1 26 05



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