I'm going to share the worst excuses I've heard used by those trying to justify using software they haven't paid for - in other words, acquired illegally. However, some of you reading this don’t think you are criminals, you are just trying to get something for nothing. We accept that there will be a hard core of people who will continue to share and download content they haven’t paid for and take no notice of this, as they say the scorpion will always sting you… it’s what they do. With figures like this it is no surprise that developers feel they have to invest in protection systems, the cost of which is passed on to the real consumers… the ones who actually pay for the software, so if you are one of the people who pays for your software, piracy is as much your problem as anyone elses. There’s no such thing as a victimless crime - someone pays for it somewhere, be that developers who go bankrupt or give up trying or buyers who have to pay for the protection in the cost of the software. This is scary especially when you have family responsibilities and the average plug-in takes around a year for the team to develop. That means that most of the time the guys spent working on that plug-in, they are not getting paid. Yes I heard it right, just 3% of those using it have paid for it. Perhaps like me you think ‘f*ck off, tell me that again’ which is exactly what I did, I asked him to repeat it. It was when he told me that one of their plug-ins has only 3% of the users who are legal owners. It’s a small plug-in developer, just a few of them, all working out of a passion for music and great audio and at the same time trying to pay the rent, put the kids through school and take one holiday a year. I have just got off the phone with a developer that has left me feeling sad, angry, and depressed. If you think that then don’t complain when someone scams you out of all your savings online… after all it wasn’t real money was it? Many of my friends and clients are software developers I know what it takes to create software, it takes a lot of time and money.įurthermore, the notion that because software is not real like hardware that if someone takes it then they haven’t lost anything is plain dumb. This kind of stupidity is tantamount to throwing petrol on fire when talking to me. During the discussion, one of his acquaintances posted a link to a Russian torrent site. I thought I'd heard them all, but this week I was presented with yet more bullshit from someone trying to justify using cracked software.Ī friend was looking to update their Pro Tools software so was asking questions on Facebook about the best way.
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