My message to anyone who ever used pirated software

chibicitiberiu · 02-28-2009, 08:18 PM

I don't want to make this thread a fight or anything like that... Mods and admins, feel free to lock this thread if it goes too far, or edit my post if I say anything wrong.

Now, I know that most of you ever used pirated software, it's almost impossible not to, and there is a good reason: Windows tends to be very expensive in available software, since most of it is commercial, and just very little is free.
But I beg you, stop doing that, stop using pirated software. Think like you was the programmer that spent maybe years of hard working to make it work, he maybe spent a lot of money, and he would like to see that his worked payed off. Pirating his program will make him feel sorry for wasting so much time and money, and he may never bring new improved versions, patches or updates. But buying it, it's like saying 'Thanks' to him, you help him earn his living, and encourage him.
It's very hard to tell you how hard is for me to choose a career for the future. I want to become a programmer, and I'm now in the high school, 3 years away from the university, and these are my last 3 years when I can choose what I want to become. It's very sad to think that I may create very good software, spend a lot of time and money to do it, and I try to sell it to earn my living, and then find it everywhere on the internet for free. If I realize that I'm just wasting my time and money trying to make something useful for people, and all I get is a big hole in my budget, I'm sure I will be very disappointed and I will quit creating software.

This is also available for music, movies... there is a lot of effort in making a single CD with music, trust me.

I beg you, please help me, help many programmers that put a lot of effort in their programs.

If you feel like you simply can't stop using pirated software, try changing your operating system to Linux (any distro you want) where most software is free, even open source.

I know that most of you are teenagers, so it's your time to do something against piracy.
I beg you, please stop using pirated software.

If you don't, you may be sorry later when the programmers will stop creating software, when singers will stop recording CDs because of pirated music, movie makers will stop making movies and so on.

So I beg you, please stop using pirated software.

luckyedboy66 · 02-28-2009, 10:02 PM

well said

DirtyD86 · 02-28-2009, 10:36 PM

lol

Nevakonaza · 02-28-2009, 11:31 PM

I do somewhat agree with what you say, But at the end of the day it still comes down to price.....For some paying $229 for a genuine copy of Vista is just too much and they would rather put that cash towards other things.

If the developers in software and Artists in music didn’t charge so much for their stuff then more people would genuinely buy them and they would make more profit.

Imo i think that Piracy is only going to get worse if the price of things keep on increasing.

Sir Travis D · 03-01-2009, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Nevakonaza

I do somewhat agree with what you say, But at the end of the day it still comes down to price.....For some paying $229 for a genuine copy of Vista is just too much and they would rather put that cash towards other things.

If the developers in software and Artists in music didn’t charge so much for their stuff then more people would genuinely buy them and they would make more profit.

Imo i think that Piracy is only going to get worse if the price of things keep on increasing.

I would say pirating an operating system is one of the worst things to do, because you use it every day. A $600 copy of photoshop might seem steep, but 63 percent of OS marketshare is still on XP. A large percentage of those users have probably purchased or owned XP for atleast a year or two. That's like paying $.30 a day to use.

bebopin64 · 03-01-2009, 03:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Travis D

I would say pirating an operating system is one of the worst things to do, because you use it every day. A $600 copy of photoshop might seem steep, but 63 percent of OS marketshare is still on XP. A large percentage of those users have probably purchased or owned XP for atleast a year or two. That's like paying $.30 a day to use.

$200 for an OS is rediculous, more than a 4870. The only point of an OS is its a platform to run other programs on. I would have linux if I didnt NEED windows for my games to work, its proprietary. There is an inelastic demand curve for it so they can charge pretty much whatever they want, and they do. a way to stop pirating of windows is for companies/programmers to make games and programs that dont run on windows, then people wont need it.

El DJ · 03-01-2009, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bebopin64

$200 for an OS is rediculous, more than a 4870. The only point of an OS is its a platform to run other programs on. I would have linux if I didnt NEED windows for my games to work, its proprietary. There is an inelastic demand curve for it so they can charge pretty much whatever they want, and they do. a way to stop pirating of windows is for companies/programmers to make games and programs that dont run on windows, then people wont need it.

I concur thoroughly.

vinnie107 · 03-01-2009, 12:07 AM

Ive never used it, so dont say most of us have.

I agree though.

THERMAL-REACTOR · 03-01-2009, 12:51 AM

I am probably going to get alot of flack for this but pirating for the most parts hurts noone. This is at one extreme but an example is Bill Gates. The guy is a billionaire. Does he deserve it? I think not. He has a huge team working for him and they get paid a salary regardless of how many copies they sold. The thing about Music and Software is that once you make it all the rest of the money coming in is profit. It's not like a phone for instance that cost them money for each unit they produce. A software company just has to copy their product over and over and burn it onto a Disk. How much is a disk? I understand that there is labor involved up to that point plus people to debug the product and all that but they do not deserve the money they ask for it. If the big wigs of these companies didn't make such extortionate amounts of money maybe their software would be affordable to the public and they would get more sales.

It does suck for the little guys but 99% of the time it isn't their software that is being pirated. Also I have respect for Singers/Musicians but they do not deserve to be millionaires. A open heart surgeon does. I have the same feeling towards professional athletes. It's ridiculous the money they make for playing a fricking game. What did they ever do to deserve it?

Bob Jeffery · 03-01-2009, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thermal-reactor

i am probably going to get alot of flack for this but pirating for the most parts hurts noone. This is at one extreme but an example is bill gates. The guy is a billionaire. Does he deserve it? I think not. He has a huge team working for him and they get paid a salary regardless of how many copies they sold. The thing about music and software is that once you make it all the rest of the money coming in is profit. It's not like a phone for instance that cost them money for each unit they produce. A software company just has to copy their product over and over and burn it onto a disk. How much is a disk? I understand that there is labor involved up to that point plus people to debug the product and all that but they do not deserve the money they ask for it. If the big wigs of these companies didn't make such extortionate amounts of money maybe their software would be affordable to the public and they would get more sales.

It does suck for the little guys but 99% of the time it isn't their software that is being pirated. Also i have respect for singers/musicians but they do not deserve to be millionaires. A open heart surgeon does. I have the same feeling towards professional athletes. It's ridiculous the money they make for playing a fricking game. What did they ever do to deserve it?

+1

02-28-2009, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
chibicitiberiu Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Suceava, Ro Posts: 1,221	My message to anyone who ever used pirated software I don't want to make this thread a fight or anything like that... Mods and admins, feel free to lock this thread if it goes too far, or edit my post if I say anything wrong. Now, I know that most of you ever used pirated software, it's almost impossible not to, and there is a good reason: Windows tends to be very expensive in available software, since most of it is commercial, and just very little is free. But I beg you, stop doing that, stop using pirated software. Think like you was the programmer that spent maybe years of hard working to make it work, he maybe spent a lot of money, and he would like to see that his worked payed off. Pirating his program will make him feel sorry for wasting so much time and money, and he may never bring new improved versions, patches or updates. But buying it, it's like saying 'Thanks' to him, you help him earn his living, and encourage him. It's very hard to tell you how hard is for me to choose a career for the future. I want to become a programmer, and I'm now in the high school, 3 years away from the university, and these are my last 3 years when I can choose what I want to become. It's very sad to think that I may create very good software, spend a lot of time and money to do it, and I try to sell it to earn my living, and then find it everywhere on the internet for free. If I realize that I'm just wasting my time and money trying to make something useful for people, and all I get is a big hole in my budget, I'm sure I will be very disappointed and I will quit creating software. This is also available for music, movies... there is a lot of effort in making a single CD with music, trust me. I beg you, please help me, help many programmers that put a lot of effort in their programs. If you feel like you simply can't stop using pirated software, try changing your operating system to Linux (any distro you want) where most software is free, even open source. I know that most of you are teenagers, so it's your time to do something against piracy. I beg you, please stop using pirated software. If you don't, you may be sorry later when the programmers will stop creating software, when singers will stop recording CDs because of pirated music, movie makers will stop making movies and so on. So I beg you, please stop using pirated software. __________________ There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary and those who don't. If only DEAD people understand hexadecimal, how many people understand hexadecimal? Real programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas — because dec(25) = oct(31).

02-28-2009, 10:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
luckyedboy66 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: AlAbAmA Age: 20 Posts: 1,143	well said __________________ Laptop: HP DV9000z CPU: AMD Turion64x2 2.0 Ghz GPU: nVidia GeForce go7600 RAM: 2048Mb, HDD: 2.5" 120Gb, OS: Windows Vista ____________________''''!____. \|------- [hp] -------- \| ![=\|[ ]\___ \|_...__...____________\| ![ \|_\| ///.]\| "(@)'(@)'''''''''''''''''''''''''''(@)(@)***(@ )

02-28-2009, 11:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nevakonaza VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 12,751	I do somewhat agree with what you say, But at the end of the day it still comes down to price.....For some paying $229 for a genuine copy of Vista is just too much and they would rather put that cash towards other things. If the developers in software and Artists in music didn’t charge so much for their stuff then more people would genuinely buy them and they would make more profit. Imo i think that Piracy is only going to get worse if the price of things keep on increasing. __________________ Desktop= Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO @ 3.4Ghz\|MSI P35 Neo-F\|[5GB OCZ Vista Gold Series -6400 oc.\|XFX HD 4890 XT 1GB GDDR5 \| X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1\|Coolermaster Dominator 690 Black (Modded)\|OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Modular\| 250Gb & 500GB Sata2 Avermedia Volar HDTV Tuner\|Windows 7 Home X64 Asus X58 Laptop Intel M575 2Ghz \|120GB Sata HDD \|Crucial 2GB DDR2 800mhz \|15.4 inch Widescreen display]\|Intel GM965\|Vista Basic 32Bit\|DVD-RW

03-01-2009, 12:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
vinnie107 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Daventry, Northampton, Woodford Halse. Posts: 377	Ive never used it, so dont say most of us have. I agree though. __________________ #include<geek.h> 2.2 AMD Phenom Quad Core Nvidia Geforece 8800 mGPU 360GB HDD 3GB RAM Windows Vista 32/Ubuntu 9.04

03-01-2009, 12:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
THERMAL-REACTOR Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Niagara Falls, Canada Posts: 672	I am probably going to get alot of flack for this but pirating for the most parts hurts noone. This is at one extreme but an example is Bill Gates. The guy is a billionaire. Does he deserve it? I think not. He has a huge team working for him and they get paid a salary regardless of how many copies they sold. The thing about Music and Software is that once you make it all the rest of the money coming in is profit. It's not like a phone for instance that cost them money for each unit they produce. A software company just has to copy their product over and over and burn it onto a Disk. How much is a disk? I understand that there is labor involved up to that point plus people to debug the product and all that but they do not deserve the money they ask for it. If the big wigs of these companies didn't make such extortionate amounts of money maybe their software would be affordable to the public and they would get more sales. It does suck for the little guys but 99% of the time it isn't their software that is being pirated. Also I have respect for Singers/Musicians but they do not deserve to be millionaires. A open heart surgeon does. I have the same feeling towards professional athletes. It's ridiculous the money they make for playing a fricking game. What did they ever do to deserve it? __________________ Intel Core i7 920 @ 4.2GHZ Asus P6T Deluxe 12Gb Patriot Viper DDR3 1600 Radeon HD4870X2 4 WD RE2 500GB (4 in Raid 0, 280mb/s read) Corsair HX1000W Antec 1200 Samsung 46" 1080P LCD PIC'S : THERMAL-REACTOR

02-28-2009, 10:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
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