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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
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Most stores don't strip-search people as they leave, but a lot of them have switched to magnetic strips in the boxes that will set off an alarm if they haven't been de-activated when leaving. This is done even though the VAST majority of customers are not thieves--it's accepted because the inconvenience really is minor....
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But all stores remove the magnetic strips as soon as you purchase the item, and do not prevent the purchaser from handing the item down to their sibling, moving it to a different closet, or selling it on Ebay.
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
... If publishers could find a way to prevent illegal torrent use without inconveniencing legal actions, that'd be great. (Nothing comes to mind off the top of my head.)
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Hm, how about a winning combination of easy availability and reasonable (to the majority of the market) prices....
