On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:13:21 -0600, David Fontaine <dav### [at] faricynet> wrote:
>Ron Parker wrote:
>
>> You missed my point.  HHGTG is COPYRIGHTED WORK.  No matter whether you download
>> a text file of it or an MP3 of it, you're breaking the law.  Go buy the book;
>> surely even the least wealthy person reading this news server can afford five
>> bucks for a paperback.  If you can't, go borrow it from your public library.
>
>It's a lot more than five bucks for a friggin' paperback around here! But I agree
>most people can still easily afford it.
>And the problem with books is you don't realize they're crap until after you pay the
>$15 (yes, $15) and actually read it and by then you've wasted irreplaceable time and
>money. I'm not saying al books are bad, some are definitely good (like HHGTG). Then
>there's the music industry... usually only one or two songs on a CD are well known
>and you can almost never listen before you buy. I'm not saying anything about
>myself, but lots of people use illegal mp3s as a "listen before you buy" thing.

HHGTG 9.99 here in paperback, works out at about 15-17 dollars, the list price 
in Aus is 24 dollars. If you're not working, that's a lot of money, and to most 
people who are working it's still a lot. 

It's cheaper to buy the CDs here than it is to d/l the MP3s, (due to the price 
of phone calls here).  
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