To say its ok to pirate something cause you wouldn't have bought it anyways is a lame argument. The point is working for money, then saving it for the things you want/need most is what most people do. Photoshop is so expensive because you don't just play with it. Most people who use photoshop, do so cause they are MAKING money with it. The 800$ is an investment, not a game. Students get a cheaper version cause they are not allowed to make money with theirs. If you don't like it, then use GIMP. Its free and works great for most tasks. I agree that most games are way more expensive than they should be and that they could easily sale great enough numbers at a lower price range to compensate the smaller revenue per unit offset.
I also don't believe in the lame argument that pirated software means lost revenue either, however it is naive to say that it doesn't effect it at all. This report is just a guesstimate of what they have come up with using complex math formulas to approximate a number based on some known numbers, and many unknown, to get an idea of what it probably is around. Of course its done by a business agency, as piracy affects businesses. Duh.
My point is, don't be greedy and say that you "can't afford" A game here and there, just cause the game YOU want is expensive, then pirate 20 games. If you were working instead of playing 20 games, maybe you would have been able to afford 5 of them...and then maybe been a productive member of the society you are leeching off of. So, software designers aren't supposed to eat while they work to make the products you refuse to pay for, then steal? Sorry, but piracy is stealing the property of someone who did not give you permission to copy their hard work. Did you buy your cloths? How about your car? If you don't like the system that is present, then don't be apart of it. Go live down in some remote region of Brazil. Or better yet, just go without a couple video games, and make your choices wisely. Pirates are also killing P2P networking in the eyes of most businesses, as torrents are almost synonymous with piracy thanks them.
How would you like it if someone walked up to you at work and took a quarter of your paycheck, and said that it was because the other guys on the crew didn't want to pull there weight on the job, so money was lost overall, thus part of your check had to be use for the company's project expenses. Pirates are the lazy A-holes that didn't want to work.
Sourceforge folks. There are free open source programs for almost any need/OS/Computer type.
Look, I know there will always be pirates, theft, murder, vandalism, etc. But just cause it exists, is a pretty piss poor arguments to join in, especially when you wouldn't want it done to you.
Thats my 85cents....
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