"Guess what? Life is not fair. Deal with it."

Hmm, I could use that explanation to justify racism, sexism...

"...factors as time of sale and location of either buyer or seller or whether there was a middleman involved or tax/duty/customs rates..."

Holy cow... how many times do I have to make this point: There are NO tax/duty/customs rates inflating the price, due to our FTA. And there is no middleman when downloading from the company.

"If someone else saved a nickle...the screaming rises to a fevered pitch"

Another strawman. We're not talking about "a nickle", we're talking enough to buy a DVD player.

And I gather you'll be happy to pay the extra 50% for tastiger's program ;)

And we Australians would really appreciate it if others would stop lumping us in with Europe.