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    • sh00ksS Offline
      sh00ks
      last edited by

      Exactly what I mean: people get sued (law enforcement) which warns other people. Do this enough times, and it will affect the piracy percentage imo.
      Don't do this and there is no 'reasons' for them to stop doing it πŸ˜‰

      As for the countries with high percentages: there ain't no law enforcement in those countries what so ever. I.e. I know Croatia very well and there is no enforcement on digital theft.
      In these countries they all have Internet but nearly anybody has the money to spend on software. I think this results in enormous piracy percentages.

      Another thing: it is very complicated, as I understand, for copyright holders from country A to sue people in country B. I know this is an issue in Holland.
      And because the largest numbers of copyright holders is from American soil, the amount of persecuted people for piracy is (way?) higher then any other country.

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      • A Offline
        Aerilius
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        But some of the sums that were sued on individuals border on human rights. Maybe that indicates that it is harder to track abuse on digital goods vs. real goods, and thus a punishment reflects rather deterrence than the damage caused by the individual. Probably the developers/creators who suffer most from stealing are not the big ones who sue often.

        I think the root of the issue is neither that people can't afford software nor that they don't want to pay such a price at which software is offered; it is a lack of honesty.

        It is not as if there were no alternatives to do the same work with peace of conscience. But by sticking with the same software whose terms they do not agree with, they don't feel a problem in taking from others without giving back.

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        • J Offline
          JuanV.Soler
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          [sup:231hy1cs][/sup:231hy1cs]_________________________________________________________________________

          **%(#000080)[


          knowledge is not owned; it is shared]**

          from Dovid Krafchow . http://www.jewishbohemian.com/

          That is the thing , that is the trouble ,

          ,))),

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          • daleD Offline
            dale
            last edited by

            I always wonder how those who pirate would feel about not getting any reimbursement for the work they do.

            Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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            • Mike LuceyM Offline
              Mike Lucey
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              @juanv.soler said:

              [sup:1x5ksn3n][/sup:1x5ksn3n]_________________________________________________________________________

              **%(#000080)[


              knowledge is not owned; it is shared]**

              **from Dovid Krafchow . http://www.jewishbohemian.com/
              **

              That is the thing , that is the trouble ,

              Yeah, the software developer 'shares' the application and in return the users 'shares' some cash πŸ˜‰

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              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                jeff hammond
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                i wonder what the stats are for amount of pirated software vs. amount of pirated software that's actually being used..

                as in.. say a billion people have photoshop.. a million of them actually use it.. what percent of people that actually use it have a pirated version.. (i guess the # is still high but probably not as high as the chart in this thread)

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                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by

                  @mike lucey said:

                  Yeah, the software developer 'shares' the application and in return the users 'shares' some cash πŸ˜‰

                  fwiw, that's a micro example of how money stifles progression.. if it was in fact all shared, (and by all, i mean all technology amongst other things.. i.e.- pretty much everything πŸ˜‰ ).. we'd be much further along..

                  i know we live in a monetized world and i know people need to be protected (and protect their property) in such a world but, it is holding us back as a species..

                  [[and i guess that's another topic entirely.. but i'm definitely not trying to say -- we'd be better off without money so just steal everything.. ]]

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                  • michaliszissiouM Offline
                    michaliszissiou
                    last edited by

                    I wonder, how much users pay via donations to the open source development.
                    This is the question that matters IMO.
                    All other evidences are strongly questionable. Sorry.

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                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      @michaliszissiou said:

                      I wonder, how much users pay via donations to the open source development.
                      This is the question that matters IMO.
                      All other evidences are strongly questionable. Sorry.

                      how much what? money? there is no money

                      (if your response was aimed at my last post)

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                      • C Offline
                        caronte01
                        last edited by

                        As said before, It has a lot to do with how "rich or poor" a country is. For people in developed countries, $500 to $4000 may be a sum easily recouped with a few jobs: not so on developing nations.

                        As an example, in Colombia, were I write from (55% piracy according to the chart), minimum wage is about $340 a month, an architect with 1 to 2 years experience should expect to earn about $700 to $800 a month. I'm not trying to justify piracy, just trying to give some perspective. It is not as if all software pirates are doing their thing out of greed, but more out of necessity. It is common practice here on many architectural offices to use pirated software. There are punishments for doing so, but not many have the will or the $$$ to buy software at its current price.

                        I remember a former boss of mine telling me about the software he started using waaay back (late 80's i believe) I believe it was datacad, or arris, and telling me how good it was then. (He had all the licenses for that particular software) He explained how autocad took over, not because it was better or faster or cheaper, but simply because it was a lot simpler to pirate than it's competition.

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                        • Mike LuceyM Offline
                          Mike Lucey
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                          Thanks for that insight Santiago.

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                          • jeff hammondJ Offline
                            jeff hammond
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                            @mike lucey said:

                            Its seems that they like to be selective what it comes to piracy.

                            for sure.. how many people have no qualms over pirating happy birthday? (the song)
                            http://unhappybirthday.com
                            πŸ˜•

                            .

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                            • Mike LuceyM Offline
                              Mike Lucey
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                              @unknownuser said:

                              for sure.. how many people have no qualms over pirating happy birthday? (the song)
                              http://unhappybirthday.com
                              πŸ˜•

                              πŸ˜† That's a good one. So its only safe to hum 'Happy Birthday' in public otherwise you should send a fee to Warner Bros!

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                              • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                Mike Lucey
                                last edited by

                                I wonder did Marilyn clear it with WB first http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4SLSlSmW74

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