I don't want to get into this thing too much, I doubt there is a SINGLE
person on this list who has never used "illegal" software, however your
analogy of borrowing a neighbour's car does nto count. By borrowing a
neighbours car you deprive them of the use of that car , by borrowing
software you don't deprive the use of that software, since you have a COPY.
This is a big distinction that seems to slip people's minds way too often.
I'm not advocating software "theft", however it does anger me when some
"group" gives figures on piracy based on the assumption that all those
people would have bought the software they were pirating if they weren't
able to pirate it, which is obviously false and misleading. TTYL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Sergio Masci
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 00:06
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Software copying (was Re: PCB Making (a different
> viewpoint))
>
>
> 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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