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August 27, 2005
Is there a natural piracy rate?
Chris Anderson over at The Long Tail blog writes this piece about how a zero-piracy rate in any given media is not only impossible, but probably financially detrimental.
Posted by ClockworkGrue at August 27, 2005 01:01 PM
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The referenced commentary said:
But if you cede the bottom to piracy, you can set a price between the top and the middle.
You know, I HATE that attitude. I really do. It pretty much institutionalizes pervastive piracy in the lower economic ranks of people who need that software. I don't mean companies. I mean people. What the hell starving artist can afford Photoshop or Maya, as an individual? Seriously?
I am a software developer. I pay for my damn software. It's a matter of professional ethics, if nothing else.
I have a legal copy of Adobe Photoshop. I have a legal copy of Adobe Premier. I could not afford either of these, if I tried to buy them, today. I can't even afford to upgrade them.
So, I'm supposed to go to some dodgy back alley online dealer to download these things, because I've pretty much been written off? I don't exist? I'm not worthwhile?
Screw them.
Do you measure your selfworth based on the finacial strategies of massive corporations?
William Gibson's opinion, of which I tend to agree with, is that piracy of any media is a natural tax on fame. Anderson's article seems to reinforce that view.
unmodify said:
"Do you measure your selfworth based on the finacial strategies of massive corporations?"
Of course not, but that doesn't mean I can't resent their attitude. :)
Why do you resent their attitude, why do you even give a rip?
unmodify:
1.) I want their software.
2.) I would like to GIVE THEM MONEY for their software.
3.) They want more money than I can realistically pay.
4.) It didn't have to be this way.
That's why it bothers me. I won't engage in piracy to get their software. So, instead, I am a strong advocate for cheaper competing products (where available). I will reward the people who value me as a customer.
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