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Then why aren't you supporting the government's actions here? The government is suggesting fixing the issue by removing protectionist legislation, and enabling the 'buyer' half of your comment a fairer field. Government isn't talking about setting prices, but by recommending a higher degree of free-market competition.


Well, there's no free-market competition at stake, because Adobe cannot be said to compete with themselves. That is, Photoshop is not a commodity with multiple manufacturers competing for your dollar.

And as for supporting this proposal; I have read it, and in fact I do support part of it: the removal of anti-circumvention clauses in copyright law. I just checked and I don't think I ever said the opposite.

But I'm dead against legislating directly against geographical segmentation. It's a ridiculous notion, on the one hand almost laughably unenforceable, and if you could enforce it, it'd have a terrible effect on the pricing in developing nations with a lower price level than ours.




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