Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Stuart McConaghy <stuart@s...> wrote:
> Agree completely. Those are also the people who call my store and 
ask me for
> tech support all the time. When asked where and when they bought it 
the
> answer is always ³Dude, check it out, I got it from Kazaa.² To 
which I say,
> out of principle, sorry man, I can¹t help you unless you 
legitimately own
> that product, I¹m not going to support theft. I don¹t even download 
MP3s. If
> I want to take advantage of a product (music, software, carton of 
milk, etc)
> I pay for it.
> I¹m one of the people who gets paid from software sales. Selling 
software is
> my job. We don¹t jack up pricing, we sell way below recommended 
pricing here
> at Guitar Center, and still people waste my time by having me help 
them find
> the program for them, and then go home and download it. Then they 
have the
> nerve to come back into my store and tell me they downloaded it. 
Makes you
> want to call the cops sometimes.
> 
> I lived in Hamburg, Germany for close to 8 years, the town where 
both
> Steinberg and Emagic are located, and I know a lot of the coders 
and other
> employees at both companies. I even know the founders, and let me 
tell you,
> none of them are rich, some people on this list are probably better 
off than
> any one of them. Why? Software piracy.
> How would you like it if I came to your place of work, took your 
paycheck
> out of your hands, and then told you that you don¹t deserve to get 
paid for
> what you do. Wouldn¹t think it¹s cool, would ya? So why do it to 
others?
> 
> Stuart McConaghy
> Canopus Drums
> Meinl Cymbals
> SilverFox Sticks
> 
> 
> On 1/11/04 9:00 PM, "distortion@r..." <distortion@r...> wrote:
> > 
> > 'People' who TRY and justify piracy make me sick...
> >

Point taken to all, you have given me a lot to think about, and sorry 
to have offended anyone with my ignorance, I like this group and hope 
to be a part of it and learn from it, just like I did. 
Rob