what ever happened to honor?? When I like a artist, I buy their cd simply to support them... and I disagree, there is costs, labor, production, sales, design etc etc etc while all virtual it costs time money and effort
The more times a software gets pirated, the more popular it gets. Often when these people get to a point where they can afford it or when they need to select an appropriate product for their workplace, they choose the program that they are familiar with. I once talked to a GM of a software company who decided not to put protection on their software in the hope that it does get pirated.