1. Pirates generate a good deal of cash. 2. Large companies love cash and have plenty of power switches available. 3. Ergo: pirates still prosper only because they have an agreement with MS, RIAA, etc, who wisely decide to gain less rather than gain nothing by selling their stuff to people who don't buy at regular prices.
Nothing PR-ish - just a subordinates' loyalty check: do they really push THAT little 'black' Windows copies in the street as they send percentage for?
Your exploding ink analogy is limping. Stores can use the same clothes they sell, while the US wasn't going to use the software intended for the SU. It was an premeditated good old setup.
Anyway, this article may or may not be true: sounds more like a story for a Hollywood hit to come.
In 1908 happened what later became known (and forgotten, I guess) as "Italian strike". Railroad workers in Italy started doing everything they had to in the strictest accord with their briefings. Railroad quickly came to a halt.
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1. Pirates generate a good deal of cash.
2. Large companies love cash and have plenty of power switches available.
3. Ergo: pirates still prosper only because they have an agreement with MS, RIAA, etc, who wisely decide to gain less rather than gain nothing by selling their stuff to people who don't buy at regular prices.
Nothing PR-ish - just a subordinates' loyalty check: do they really push THAT little 'black' Windows copies in the street as they send percentage for?
Your exploding ink analogy is limping. Stores can use the same clothes they sell, while the US wasn't going to use the software intended for the SU. It was an premeditated good old setup.
Anyway, this article may or may not be true: sounds more like a story for a Hollywood hit to come.
In 1908 happened what later became known (and forgotten, I guess) as "Italian strike". Railroad workers in Italy started doing everything they had to in the strictest accord with their briefings. Railroad quickly came to a halt.