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"Lee Michaels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Proton Soup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 03:25:52 +1100, "DRS" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >Art S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> "DRS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >[...] > > > > > >>>> I don't know about transferring money for the book and shipping to > > >>>> me - but I don't want an arm or a leg for it - just what I paid for > > >>>> the book and shipping - about US$25. > > >>> > > >>> Yer dreaming. It's second hand, mate. I might give you AU$25 for > > >>> it. > > >> > > >> And if he won't sell it for less, you can buy it from Amazon, right? > > > > > >I'm not desperate about it, just making a point. > > > > A very poor one, too. The price is determined by market forces, > > supply and demand. For a person who doesn't want his arm to fall off, > > $50 may be a fair price. > > > Which is exactly the point I was making about the so called ethics of > copying and distributing this information. > > Mr Robinson is in a position to greatly help many people with a fine > publication that can make a drastic difference in people's lives. So what > does he do? He denys these people free and easy access to this publication. > Why? Does it matter? > > He is rither totally incompetent or he just enjoys screwing people over. In > either case, Mr Robinson's behavior is unethical. Why should people have to > pay top dollar to buy something that the could easily provide? > Its unethical to be incompetent? I didn't know that. Art
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