Comments on: Software Piracy Amnesty Day http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/28/software-piracy-amnesty-day/ Make Shit Break Shit belongs to Rob Robinson and is based in Chicago, IL. © 2002-2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:39:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: linemaster96 http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/28/software-piracy-amnesty-day/#comment-4213 linemaster96 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:27:19 +0000 http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/28/software-piracy-amnesty-day/#comment-4213 Sounds attractive. I'm totally agree with you. Sounds attractive. I’m totally agree with you.

]]> By: Vic http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/28/software-piracy-amnesty-day/#comment-656 Vic Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:47:36 +0000 http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/28/software-piracy-amnesty-day/#comment-656 Amnesty just won't solve the problem here. Many in the piracy scene enjoy the challenge of cracking software licensing and protection and sharing pirated software. Sure if all software was free then there would not be much of an issue. In the early days of the piracy scene it was about sharing programs and if program had value you paid for it. However, with the emerging markets (i.e. China, Russia, etc.) piracy is a big business and businesses are using pirated software. Maybe an Amnesty program focused on small businesses could work, but if its very easy to obtain the illegal version and there people who can support support it why pay? Lastly, there is a big difference between a copy of Adobe acrobat that goes for couple hundred dollars and and more high value applications like CAD programs that cost as much as $30k a seat. It would tough to design an Amnesty program for the high value software. Amnesty just won’t solve the problem here. Many in the piracy scene enjoy the challenge of cracking software licensing and protection and sharing pirated software. Sure if all software was free then there would not be much of an issue. In the early days of the piracy scene it was about sharing programs and if program had value you paid for it. However, with the emerging markets (i.e. China, Russia, etc.) piracy is a big business and businesses are using pirated software. Maybe an Amnesty program focused on small businesses could work, but if its very easy to obtain the illegal version and there people who can support support it why pay? Lastly, there is a big difference between a copy of Adobe acrobat that goes for couple hundred dollars and and more high value applications like CAD programs that cost as much as $30k a seat. It would tough to design an Amnesty program for the high value software.

]]> By: Nick http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/28/software-piracy-amnesty-day/#comment-496 Nick Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:53:08 +0000 http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/28/software-piracy-amnesty-day/#comment-496 <i>It could be even more innocent, perhaps someone has switched platforms and doesnt want to have to reinvest thousands of dollars into digital goods he’s already purchased just because he got sick of dealing with a particular OS.</i> subtle :P right now i'm definitely in the "Adobe can kiss my ass" mode after hearing that comment. Our "deep pocket" corporate sponsers can't even afford a non-royalty free stock photo, so I think their opinions are skewed by their relationships with massive ad agencies. It could be even more innocent, perhaps someone has switched platforms and doesnt want to have to reinvest thousands of dollars into digital goods he’s already purchased just because he got sick of dealing with a particular OS.

subtle :P

right now i’m definitely in the “Adobe can kiss my ass” mode after hearing that comment. Our “deep pocket” corporate sponsers can’t even afford a non-royalty free stock photo, so I think their opinions are skewed by their relationships with massive ad agencies.

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