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Originally Posted by timj219
Would you demand this of any other industry? Should gas stations stop expecting police to arrest people who drive off without paying for gas because exxon hasn't made their product more enticing? If I steal a car will I be absolved if I tell the judge I could never have afforded to buy that model anyway?
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Copyright breach is not stealing by definition. We would not have copyright laws if it was. Theft laws would be enough.
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Originally Posted by timj219
As for who is losing a sale, what about the competitor of that expensive software maker who produces a cheaper product that contains a smaller feature set and slightly more difficult interface? That competitor might expect to sell a copy of his software to lots of people who can't afford the expensive one. If everybody just steals a copy of the expensive one the competitor just lost his whole market.
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The smaller feature set developer is not a competitor. He targets a different market segment. More fool him if he hasn't assessed the purchasing potential of that segment before going to battle.