synergy said:
This will probably piss a few people off but....
Point 1:
I am poor... Right now I would now pay $300 for software even if I couldn't get it free.
Point 2:
Most software companies WANT their software pirated to some extent. The smart ones at least.
Point #3
Piracy = better availability = more people using the software = standardization = $$$ for company
Point #4
So don't you see? Wouldn't software companies with all the technology available today employ a tad bit more powerful anti-piracy device than the archaic "serial code" if they really didn't want their software pirated? Of course they would.
Yes, this is how I justify using the stuff.
Point #1: If you can't afford it, you can't have it!
Point #2: Bullshit! Companies don't spend enormous amounts of capital on Research, Development, Marketing, and Distribution just to have their product hacked.
Point #3: Piracy doesn't increase availability, the product is
ALREADY available, you just have to buy it! Hacked software = a revenue loss,
NOT revenue generated.
Point #4:Thats like saying "If I didn't want you to break into my house, and steal my stuff, or break into my car and steal it, I'd use something besides a lock and key!"
The serial # code should be enough of a deterent, and many software venders are employing the older "Dongle" as added protection.
Would you break into a store late at night and steal that new microphone you've had your eye on simply because you can't afford it? I should hope not.
Software is just as much a tangible product as hardware like the afore mentioned microphone.
I'm so tired of hearing
"I can't afford it" as an excuse to steal! Well boo-fucking-whoo.
I'll say it again:
If you can't afford it, you can't have it!