Following up on this thread - the software industry often mentions
billions in losses due to piracy. But is that based upon an estimate of
how many illegal copies of software packages are in use, or is it based
on an estimate of how many people use copied products but would actually
have paid for them had they not been able to get an illegal copy?
There's a big difference between the two, and I suspect many people who
pirate software would not bother purchasing it anyways. Not that I'm
saying one is better than the other, but I am curious about the numbers
being wielded around by the software industry.
Stephane
Jim Leonard wrote:
Tomas Buteler wrote:
Ouch! That hurt... :) As a third-world resident, allow
me to clear a couple of issues:
I should have explicitly mentioned Asia, since that was what I was
thinking about -- sorry!
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