I just love the argument that "a user of an illegal copy of a program is not
depriving the author of any earnings since that user would not have bought a
copy anyway". What a crock... If there were no way to use an illegal copy,
the user would save up and either  buy a legal copy or an alternative. "Oh,
I can't afford a car so I'll just borrow the neighbours", yeah right! The
craziest thing of all is that the person that really looses out is the user.
By choking the revenue stream for the author, the author is forced to cut
corners and release inferior quality software. It also stifles competition,
why should I waste time trying to produce a cheap alternative to XYZ product
when people just rip off and use XYZ.

Fact: good software saves you time. Anything that saves you time is a
benefit to you.
Fact: bad software (regardless of the bugs) that saves you time IS STILL a
benefit to you
If you want greater benefits from your software, encourage the authors don't
dissuade them.

Regards
Sergio
http://www.xcprod.com

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