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."

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This is the same thing we always hear...

[elid]

This mistake is that if John Doe downloads a copy of Photoshop, it would count as hundreds of dollars of lost revenue according to the article. But who says John Doe would have bought that software if P2P or whatever method he used weren't available to him? If someone goes to a library and reads through a bunch of books, did some publishing company just "lose" $100? Of course not!

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[No Tears In The End]

Kazaa Lite and Clean KMD are two programs for such a purpose. They deprive Sharman/Kazaa of their ad revenue. So they consider use/creation of such programs to be theft. I use Clean MKD. So Am I "stealing" Kazaa's service while I "steal" pr0n?

LK