The ability to copy software is pretty easy, yet MS made over $30billion in license fees from corporates last year. This is, by your own admission, incorrect.Īssuming you mean that the particular Microsoft software you value wouldn't be written if nobody bought it, maybe so, but suggesting somebody infringing a license is the same (slippery slope) to nobody paying is nonsense. You point out people currently produce software for free, but then assert if nobody bought software it would stop being written. I got it via my employers HUP licence, thought they did charge me $15USD for the DVD, which I thought was a bit rich.Īs you know, I was responding to the preposterous claim that infringing a copyright was the same as stealing hardware, which it clearly isn't, as it doesn't deprive the vendor of any tangible good, just a possible profit.Īs for movies, I don't watch them much, but do pay for Netflix that others in the family enjoy, but I don't understand what this has to do with copyright on software unless you are trying to make a broader point, so I'll take it that way. I have a copy of Word 2011 that is a fine word processor.

I didn't take a penny from Microsoft, because I have no desire to buy their software. $90billion+ in revenue, and over $30billion profit in corporate license fees alone.

That mentality of 'one does not make a difference' is so need to be Microsoft's CFO. If you want new features, you pay again.Īnd if everyone now pirates, and nobody buys the product? Right, then nobody would write software anymore, and then ? You paid for Office 2010 ( I hope ) and it's your right to use it for as long as you want. And If I would be to use something similar, I might be purchasing a cheaper product.īut anyone using software without paying, is also not purchasing other software, as you now have something to work with.įor people that don't want to pay for software, there's something called freeware. I did not buy Adobe, because I don't use it. My guess that for you it's OK to download movies illegally, as long as you didn't plan to watch them otherwise.īut how can you determine if you were to watch a movie or not? Maybe you could have rented it. Wow, you're their CFO now? How do you know? So stealing from Rich is al-right? They still have plenty of money? Is that your argument? 'Microsoft make plenty of money selling software.'

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