bblaine
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i didn't know i was surrounded by so many saints...:bigangel:
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I'm not justifying, just stating what I feel is the way it goes. I still say that, the majority of people who are pirating software has no intention of purchasing. If there is no intention of purchasing, whether available or not as pirated, there is no money lost. If someone contacts Adobe and says, "I am not buying your software," there is no loss of money, they weren't going to buy it. If someone contacts and says, "I was going to buy it, but I can download it for free, so ha ha," then you can say there is loss of money because said person would have bought it. Tis not the case though, people download stuff because they can. If they suddenly can not, it doesn't mean sales are going to go through the roof. Those who do download just isn't going to purchase. No loss of money.Spoken like someone who does not work for a software developer. I do.
Now think of it this way, if there were no way to pirate the software, would people just stop using image editing software. Probably not. What they would do is look for less expensive packages that suit thier needs like Adobe elements.
There is no justifcation to pirate software, if you look around there are less expensive or free options, there are places you can go and use the software for little or no cost (schools, Studios the rent time on thier computers). One good option out there is if you plan to buy a Wacom tablet, it comes with Elements, you can upgrade to the full version of CS3 for $350.00.
It's easy to Blame the thieves in which you are all doing quite successfully i might add. the people you are not blaming are the ones who put it on the many torrents/ file sharing sites around that you can download stuff off. If those wern't around no software would be stolen... makes sense doesn't it?. But as per usual everyone gets a one sided view on things and they tend to forget how it actually got there in the first place.
As for the comment mentioned that over half of this place would use pirated software...... yes to that but the smart ones wouldn't admit that on here.. the even smarter ones would read this thread and not say a word.
Much to the disgust of the honest people around here we have to face facts in the world of reality that *hacked, pirated* software is here to stay, You get rid of one hacker and another 2-3 turn up to replace him, Which is the norm on most things in illegal activities nowdays.
I'm not justifying, just stating what I feel is the way it goes. I still say that, the majority of people who are pirating software has no intention of purchasing. If there is no intention of purchasing, whether available or not as pirated, there is no money lost. If someone contacts Adobe and says, "I am not buying your software," there is no loss of money, they weren't going to buy it. If someone contacts and says, "I was going to buy it, but I can download it for free, so ha ha," then you can say there is loss of money because said person would have bought it. Tis not the case though, people download stuff because they can. If they suddenly can not, it doesn't mean sales are going to go through the roof. Those who do download just isn't going to purchase. No loss of money.
My thoughts on Microsoft Windows still stands though, the thieving ********.
purchase or pirate?
One thing some companies have been doing is using HASP (Hardware Against Software Piracy) keys to prevent piracy. If you are not familiar with them, thy are a hardware key (USB) that must be plugged in to the PC to operate the software.
This can be very effective because not only do you need to install the software, you would need a specific USB key (Not the same as a memory stick) to make it work.
I can see many companies going this way on expensive software in the future. This cant prevent the truly determined people, but for the average Joe that just does not want to pay for software would not be able to run it.
This has to be the first online forum I have ever seen where every person has boughten photoshop.
Hey wait i've got a good question, purchase or re-use the "free trial" of cs3 over and over? , now you can compare this to going to a store and allways getting "free samples" of the food that the people are handing out but never buying the product yourself. Once your out of food, or once the 30 days are up, you get another sample/trial.
Generally the people who've pirated photoshop, wouldn't buy photoshop if it was unpirate-able, they'd just dowlnoad GIMP
why do you assume everyone here is using photoshop? i'm not... can't afford it.... i use psp x2....
pertaining to your last statement.... what does this mean?... that your theivery is excusable?
Just curious as to people's opinions on stealing a free sample.