@zigzag said:
Paw.
I dont think its a case of this being a 'pointless thread'.
I think the problems arose with your initial 'gosh, piracy must be a real problem for you software developers' post (a little like suggesting that being diagnosed with cancer may spoil an otherwise good lunch) which somewhat (perhaps unintentionally) downplayed the seriousness of this issue.
And some of the other responses that, to varying degree's, implied that in some instances using kracked software could be justified.
As a user paying thousands of dollars for software I find it extremely annoying that others may be utilising this without paying...and since they dont have this overhead they can easily undercut composers who do pay for the software.
And I can only imagine how this must affect the developers...
Hey, I like your cancer analogy. Really captures the initial impression. In any case, my comments were not meant to justify piracy (or even my previous "borrowing," though I never even tried to "borrow" VSL) but to make suggestions as to how such illigitimate use might be curtailed by developers. As a full paying customer, I would certainly want VSL to reap all possible financial benefit from their product.
However, as a composer, I am not concerned about being undercut by pirates. I think it would be a stupid risk (ethics aside) for them to try to make money with a pirated product of this nature. Only an idiot or a gambler would try it.
~Chris