"the family album" or "why Audi is stupid" ETKA ETKA ETKA

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The funny thing is that VW sells the disk in some countries. I have not
checked later, but about 2 years ago I got a legal copy out of a dealership
from Brazil.

It didn't have all the models, just the one there, but...

I agree, they should sell here: the album, the RS6, the A3, etc...

Who Am I to know anything?

Carlos.
>From: "Rob Andrews"
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: RE: "the family album" or "why Audi is stupid" ETKA ETKA ETKA
>Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 18:09:22 -0500
>
>Audi and their lawyers are chasing down people who host/sell this
>software...why???
>Sure it is their software, but let's be real here.
>The only people that it's use was ever intended were for were dealers.
>Great. Now there are cracked versions of it available.
>Does that mean dealers are gonna stop buying it and get pirated versions?
>No, not in the slightest.
>Did Audi or Lexcom et. al ever open their software up for public sale? No.
>Why? Because they are stupid if you ask me.
>They stand to lose NOTHING. The people that want it bad are people like us.
>And why? It's not for top secret information, or to be used in replace of a
>repair manual, but rather to aid us in ordering the correct part. I mean
>for the love of god, how many times have people ordered a part only to find
>out it was the wrong one.
>If Audi would just open their eyes and realize they could easily make money
>off selling copies of ETKA legit, I'm sure they stand to increase revenues
>and margins quite a bit.
>Just imagine everyone being able to look up accurate part info, relay that
>info to dealers, help eliminate time figuring out what it is the customer
>wants on the phone, re-ordering parts that were ordered wrong etc.
>It's a win win situation all around.
>But no....this is another instance of the proverbial head up the butt
>syndrome.
>
>I have this post full of ETKA in hopes their dumb lawyers, CEO, etc reads
>this. Hello make some legit money here! I'd be #1 on the list to purchase
>ETKA!
>ETKA ETKA ETKA Lex-Com lexcom VW AUDI ETKA
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> >
> > >
> > > Message: 4
> > > Subject: Re: ETKA .Porsche post Dealers and Looking up the
> > part numbers
> > > From: Marc Swanson
> > > To: Per Lindgren
> > > Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> > > Date: 29 Jul 2002 11:31:26 -0400
> > >
> > > > I've one little tip for you guys. Be careful with using
> > the name for the
> > > > parts catalogue on the net. There have been reports from
> > Germany that VW
> > > > and LexCom (who've made teh software) are scanning the
> > enthusiast sites
> > > > for people using the name, in posts where they have
> > mentioned they have
> > > > the software. Anyways, to keep lawyers off our backs, try to use
> > > > alternative names like Family Album or AKTE (backwards).
> > >
> > >
> > > One would hope they would go after the losers on Ebay that
> > are making
> > > $20 a copy for the (pirated) program.
> > >
> >

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