Thread: Is it okay for a student with limited financial resources to pirate software?
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2010-09-18 , 06:25
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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
**The software industry DEPENDS on customers who are ethical robots. It's important for you to never, ever pirate anything. The sky will fall if you pirate, because everyone assumes that no one will pirate.
I know you're being sarcastic, but the industry does depend on customers who pay. If no one paid, why would the software company be around?

If no one paid for Adobe products, do you think you'd have Photoshop?

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
**Consumers are HAPPY to invest in software they have never tried and will willingly invest THOUSANDS of dollars in software in the hope that it might work.
Um, you've never heard of a trial period? Most software packages have it in different forms. I mean, seriously, have you tried to be honest or do you just assume that "the man" is out to get you so your your default response is to find a warez site?

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
**In particular, students should NEVER try out software just for the sake of learning.
Um, that's what college is. If you can't afford the hardware / software they do provide labs where you can get access to it.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
Companies that sell software do not WANT students to be familiar with it; they want students to go out into the world ignorant of what is available by virtue of not having tried it.
Um, companies do and that's why there are huge discounts on software like Adobe and Microsoft.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
A student who spends five minutes playing around with a software program he does not own is committing a HEINOUS CRIME!
No, because most software you can use for like 30 days. That's plenty of time to kick the wheels... seriously...

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
Bill Gates NEVER WAS QUOTED AS SAYING

“It’s easier for our software to compete with Linux when there’s piracy than when there’s not.”
This likely in a specific context, for example some emerging markets where Microsoft has not had a strong presence. That doesn't make it right.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
“They’ll get sort of addicted, and then we’ll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.”
They are not naive. They know it happens.