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P2P Networks Blamed For Software Losses Doubling
L1TH10N writes "CNET News is reporting that software manufacturers have doubled their losses to $29 billion dollars, according to a BSA survey, which is blaming P2P networks for their misfortune. Seems a little too far-fetched to me - a P2P network would be the last place where I would download software, just too much chance that you are downloading a trojan onto your computer. Me thinks the Business Software Alliance are jumping on the bandwagon and vilifying P2P networks just as the Senate is taking aim at P2P providers."
Could it be that some percentage of their sales are actually being lost to people who are using Open Source Software and other free (as in beer) alternatives? Nah, let's just blame P2P. Maybe we can sue our customers when they don't buy the newer versions of our software while we're at it (hey it works for the music industry)!
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list of software i've downloaded: fruityloops reason soundforge sonic foundry sonic vegas final draft final cut pro photoshop adobe premiere adobe after effects painter pro macromedia studio mx frameforge 3d studio 3d studio max phonetools expert I'm a filmmaker. I want to produce product with a high degree of aesthetic quality and detail; I want the story told how I see it to the best of my ability. The tools are costly, but otherwise available, and they make my work better. So it's a no brainer.
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I use crackz mainly to try software that I can't afford to take a chance on. Just like M$, they are forcing me to steal their software just to try it!
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No one's forcing you to buy anything. Hell, most commerical software has trials or even free-for-noncommerical versions. What is so important that you have to steal? Windows 2003 Advanced Server Edition? Because, you know, Microsoft just FORCED you to steal it. If they'd just GIVEN you a free copy and a 32-way Unisys machine to run it on, you wouldn't need to STEAL it.
Christ, people. Get a life.
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Do you actually have evidence that a larger percentage of car-owning teens today had their cars bought by their parents? No. If you did, would you seriously ponder a counter-argument that said maybe teens today *need* cars more than a generation or two ago? No, of course not.
You haven't demonstrated any sort of moral or ethical slide into the ol' Abyss of Anarchy. The Internet appeared, and a large number of people started using it to commit copyright violations that were impossible ten years ago. But you sit there, griping about them darned, no-good kids these days, with no proof of your own generation's moral superiority beyond the fact that wayyyyyyy back in your day, nobody pirated nothing off the Internet.
Nobody pirated Warcraft II off the Internet because nobody could find Warcraft II on the Internet. It was 1994 for gawds sake. Maybe you wouldn't have grabbed a copy if it was available, but as far as long term cultural trends, that proves jack.
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Wow. I didn't realize that we had enough crusty old curmudgeons to get this modded up.
...and I'm sorry your parents didn't love you enough to buy you a car. I'm sure that you'll get over it some day.
"Back in my day... Kids today...". Whatever. Piracy has always been a factor in the world of Personal Computers and probably always will be. I'm not sure kind of sheltered world you grew up in but piracy was just as strong and alive in the mid 80s as it is today. The only things that have really changed are the methods of distribution and the number of people who have computers.
Anyone starting a PC software house & expecting their software to not be pirated is delusional; the industry is based on there being a large enough percentage of users actually deciding to pay for the software that they can make a profit. I doubt you can point out a single desirable piece of software that has not had significantly pirated yet somehow the software industry has grown immensely since the birth of the PC.
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