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Originally Posted by toonlight
Well there the que, carl your paying to use the software (company) not to own it as it once was or should be Carl there what they don't tell you.
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Yes, I do know that. Hence you why you buy a 'licence' to use it. "as it once was"? Nope. Always been this way, I think.
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Apple does just this Carl with O/S + all there software - it's all linked to a central account, that get screwed up or banned you lose the access to the software; O/S; etc you have paid for in the first place, did you know this carl ? many apple users that have been hacked or banned for not fault of their own have found this out.
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No but then I have never used any Apple soft/hardware.
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Many new produce lines are going to this set up now-days eg; BF3 Cod etc + wouldn't be surprised that the new windows 8 is going to be to same either. 
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I have bought a few games now that require internet access for registration/play and not yet had a problem with any of them.
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When you use PTB you get a full working copy not a link to piece of software or access to it
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Wrong. TPB only hosts links. Or so they say. Are they lying?
And so what anyway? When I buy some software it's a fully-working copy.
And why have you change the argument to only computer software now? What about films and TV shows, etc?
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Well cost for anything media wise are over the top, can be made for lesser money & better content in the first place..
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That's possible, of course. Everyone could earn less money. But then so could some footballers so it's hardly particularly relevant.
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second do you kow how much a US show get for a ep of a currently running series? millions on top of millions per series in total. That more than enough to go around, too much for the chief ex pocket lining.
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Erm... did you not seem my comments re "Game Of Thrones" costing $24m above?
Stuff costs money. This is not a revelation
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Then again you barking up the wrong tree carl...... film re-releases/releases are over priced from the start eg; DVD/Blueray etc.
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That may be your opinion but it does not make it fact.
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These are copies from the main reel, which costs them pennies in the pound
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Huh?
Yes, the copies may cost "pennies in the pound" but it's "the main reel" that may have cost, say, $24m
It's like in R&D for medical research. Say they develop a new pill to help with.. I don't know... erm.... Cancer, for example.
There's a great (and very relevant) quote from "The West Wing".
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-m...e-house,42075/
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The second pill was four cents, the first pill was 400 million.
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