How does your Country rate in the Software Piracy stakes?
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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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Thanks for that insight Santiago.
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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
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@unknownuser said:
for sure.. how many people have no qualms over pirating happy birthday? (the song)
http://unhappybirthday.com
That's a good one. So its only safe to hum 'Happy Birthday' in public otherwise you should send a fee to Warner Bros! -
I wonder did Marilyn clear it with WB first http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4SLSlSmW74
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