This is a real example of how to fight software piracy.

In 100 users of some specific software, 75 was pirated, 18 was purchased
and 7 is willing to exchange its pirate version for a purchased one
(since they recognize the software is good and want to make it right).

Years ago software piracy requires a xerox copy of user's guide. Copy
costs, copying time, and so on.

$20 for an official copy of the software would solve the problem, and
would reduce the 75% of piracy to probably 40%, if not less.

The idea of piracy, as previously discussed here, means that the pirate
would never purchase any of the pirated softwares, by lack of money or
because he really doesn't need it at all, so somehow it doesn't count as
the software house loss.

But, how many times you bought something that later on you realize you
never needed and that thing would be at the garage for years?  Would you
buy if it cost more than $500? $1000?, probably no, but the one you
bought cost less than $100 or $20, right?

Market price is free, everyone has the right to establish its product
price according with company's police, but for sure a $20 software
suffer much less piracy than a $2000 one, and hit much more students
that sooner or later would be working in a company that needs a software
like that... which one the ex-student knows how to use?



Tony Nixon wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just found another hack for PicNPoke. This one actually generates a
> free key for the software. The only catch is that you have to become a
> member and pay $US50.00. PicNPoke is only $US29.00. I wonder if they get
> any bites. Tee Hee.
>
> --
> Best regards
>
> Tony
>
> "COMING SOON"
> A Parallax to PIC source code converter.
>
> http://www.picnpoke.com
> Email ???