Thanks for the link, Alan. I knew that people in Australia and NZ got charged way more for music. I forgot about the software thing. Hurray for Australia for being proactive about the issue. We see a similar thing here in Canada, especially with the price of books.
Nadine >________________________________ > From: Alan T Litchfield <alan at alphabyte.co.nz> >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 3:58:15 PM >Subject: Re: Cost of software charged outside US borders > >Sorry, link disappeared. Thanks Nadine. > >http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10867173 > >Alan > >On 23/02/13 9:23 AM, Alan T Litchfield wrote: >> I have complained on this list before about price gouging by Adobe, but >> this article (albeit about music, refers to Adobe too) is interesting in >> that my concerns have been noted by others. >> >> What is also interesting is the big players, MS, Adobe and Apple are >> being called to account by a parliamentary inquiry in Australia for >> price discrepancies for bits and bytes that are merely downloaded. >> >> I hope for more realistic charges from Adobe in the future, but well... >> >> Alan > >-- >AlphaByte >PO Box 1941, Auckland >http://www.alphabyte.co.nz >_______________________________________________
