Comments on: Software Piracy http://wdr1.com/blog/2005/06/27/software-piracy/ Screams in the Night Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:03:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: khayman http://wdr1.com/blog/2005/06/27/software-piracy/#comment-518 khayman Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:22:13 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2005/06/27/software-piracy/#comment-518 One of the comments to Shipley's blog noted that all the assumptions he makes about piracy are true in "honest" nations. But there are many countries around the world where even people who could afford to pay don't if they can get away with it because it's an accepted practice. How do we deal with that as the market becomes more and more a single global economy? No idea. But on the whole I agree with his, and thus your's Bill, assertions about SW piracy. Basically, all the kids who pirate software because they couldn't afford it but WANTED it will buy a LOT more software over there lives than those that didn't bother to pirate it when they were young and poor. One of the comments to Shipley’s blog noted that all the assumptions he makes about piracy are true in “honest” nations. But there are many countries around the world where even people who could afford to pay don’t if they can get away with it because it’s an accepted practice. How do we deal with that as the market becomes more and more a single global economy? No idea.

But on the whole I agree with his, and thus your’s Bill, assertions about SW piracy. Basically, all the kids who pirate software because they couldn’t afford it but WANTED it will buy a LOT more software over there lives than those that didn’t bother to pirate it when they were young and poor.

]]> By: ben http://wdr1.com/blog/2005/06/27/software-piracy/#comment-517 ben Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:05:52 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2005/06/27/software-piracy/#comment-517 piracy means your software is GOOD piracy means your software is GOOD

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