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And it pisses me off that none of the media reports point this out, but what makes them think that people would be buying software if they weren't pirating it. Most of the pirated software that I see in use (not by ME...of course...) is Very Unlikely to be replaced with a purchased version were the pirated version not available. And even if it were, the gains by the software industry would be offset by the losses in the beverage industry...where do they think this magic money is going anyway? People's mattresses???
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And it pisses me off that none of the media reports point this out, but what makes them think that people would be buying software if they weren't pirating it. Most of the pirated software that I see in use (not by ME...of course...) is Very Unlikely to be replaced with a purchased version were the pirated version not available. And even if it were, the gains by the software industry would be offset by the losses in the beverage industry...where do they think this magic money is going anyway? People's mattresses???