Thread: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified
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azorni is offline azorni
2010-03-07 , 16:38
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Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
Software is cheap exactly because of the economies of scale. If you treat software as hired labour, it would become so expensive that it would render itself useless.
I very much doubt about that.

Software does exist as a hired labour. Maybe it is not major part of the sector, but it does exist.

Also, keep in mind that if non redistribution rules were to disappear, basically all software would be free. These savings would probably compensate for the cost of salaries of developers who would be hired to respond to specific and commercially imperative needs. Also a market could be established where teams of developpers would join to answer demands from firms. I don't see why such things couldn't work out. I even guess it actually does nowadays. I think you call that IT consulting in english.
Last edited by azorni; 2010-03-07 at 18:38.