Comments on: Software Piracy - Not Always Bad http://www.methylblue.com/blog/software-piracy-not-always-bad/ The Future Comes Second Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.methylblue.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/5e43be26c7aae5b.png" alt="kay Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> kay http://www.methylblue.com/blog/software-piracy-not-always-bad/#comment-211308 kay Identicon Icon kay Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:23:59 +0000 http://methylblue.com/blog/?p=14#comment-211308 its cool it was just what i needed for ma assignment....... its cool it was just what i needed for ma assignment…….

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]]> By: Graduation or Jail? - Vivian's blog http://www.methylblue.com/blog/software-piracy-not-always-bad/#comment-24699 Graduation or Jail? - Vivian's blog Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:32:46 +0000 http://methylblue.com/blog/?p=14#comment-24699 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] home, gets used to it, learns to love it, and gets his office to buy him a copy for use at work” (Howell). He suggests that piracy generates sales. This process of a “delayed sale” should not be [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] home, gets used to it, learns to love it, and gets his office to buy him a copy for use at work” (Howell). He suggests that piracy generates sales. This process of a “delayed sale” should not be [...]

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.methylblue.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/9fe266ac3e325bc.png" alt="Max Howell Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Max Howell http://www.methylblue.com/blog/software-piracy-not-always-bad/#comment-18193 Max Howell Identicon Icon Max Howell Tue, 01 May 2007 14:44:37 +0000 http://methylblue.com/blog/?p=14#comment-18193 Yeah I forgot how on the Internet speculation isn't allowed and you have to have hard data to back everything up. Yeah I forgot how on the Internet speculation isn’t allowed and you have to have hard data to back everything up.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.methylblue.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/5e43be26c7aae5b.png" alt="Pirate Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Pirate http://www.methylblue.com/blog/software-piracy-not-always-bad/#comment-18192 Pirate Identicon Icon Pirate Tue, 01 May 2007 14:33:26 +0000 http://methylblue.com/blog/?p=14#comment-18192 > As an example, an office-worker bittorrents Photoshop at home, gets used to it, learns to love it, and gets his office to buy him a copy for use at work. More likely, unless he works for a big company in the West, he teaches his colleagues how to download the bit-torrent too. > Here piracy has generated a sale. Here piracy has generated another non-paying user > What if he then recommends it to his colleagues? Two sales! What if he teaches recommends bit-torrenting to his colleagues? Two pirate copies. Sure my scenario is not the only scenario. Both neither is yours. If you want to do a cost/benefit analysis of piracy, you need to find out how common both scenarios are (i.e. actually do some real research, rather than just speculate) and come up with some hard data. > As an example, an office-worker bittorrents Photoshop at home, gets used to it, learns to love it, and gets his office to buy him a copy for use at work.

More likely, unless he works for a big company in the West, he teaches his colleagues how to download the bit-torrent too.

> Here piracy has generated a sale.

Here piracy has generated another non-paying user

> What if he then recommends it to his colleagues? Two sales!

What if he teaches recommends bit-torrenting to his colleagues? Two pirate copies.

Sure my scenario is not the only scenario. Both neither is yours.

If you want to do a cost/benefit analysis of piracy, you need to find out how common both scenarios are (i.e. actually do some real research, rather than just speculate) and come up with some hard data.

]]> By: The Joel on Software Discussion Group - software piracy generates sales http://www.methylblue.com/blog/software-piracy-not-always-bad/#comment-18183 The Joel on Software Discussion Group - software piracy generates sales Tue, 01 May 2007 11:42:35 +0000 http://methylblue.com/blog/?p=14#comment-18183 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] a meeting how software piracy can help increase sales in the long term, by means of this argument:http://www.methylblue.com/blog/software-piracy-not-always-bad/I am unable to find a more formal or rigorus study of this. Does anyone know of one?LJ LaserJet [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] a meeting how software piracy can help increase sales in the long term, by means of this argument:http://www.methylblue.com/blog/software-piracy-not-always-bad/I am unable to find a more formal or rigorus study of this. Does anyone know of one?LJ LaserJet [...]

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Good job!

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