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Piracy has 'tragic' impact on US society, says BSA
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 22 July, 2008
The Business Software Alliance released a new report yesterday claiming that software piracy in the United States has cost the industry $11.4 billion USD and lost the government $1.7 billion in taxes.
The group did however note that piracy is relatively low in the United States compared to the rest of the world and that the average of the 50 states is about 20 percent. The group did call ... [ read the full article ]
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Mez
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29. July 2008 @ 10:15 |
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atomicxl, what have you been sniffing or are you part of the media mafia???
New DVDs are over $20 and get down to $10 MAYBE a year later.
Maybe you think I should be thrilled to buy a DRMed low quality tune that I have already bought once as vinyl and again as a CD. Much of that music was bought for next to nothing of which millions were made selling at 4 per $ when it was on vinyl. At least vinyl was an expensive process compared with CDs and now mp3s. The industry was spoiled when they started selling the way cheaper CDs for way more money. Now that they could sell digital for nearly pure profit they need to make a bigger killing. Oh yes make the music 1/10 the quality for more money and be sure to DRM the mucic so you will need to buy it again soon.
atomicxl, should worship those morons that could have made a killing by selling high quality tunes for 4/$? I blame those morons for piracy not the public. The public has reacted to that lunacy by cutting them out of the picture. I guess you have been out voted.
My dog has a 'tragic' impact on U.S. Society by pissing on a tree. It will probably cause earthquakes in China! We might have to pay a dollor more for most goods. (Good one DXR88)
rayhigh, what line of reasoning? My dog pissing on the tree has better resoning. At least he knows what he is going and is acomplishing something.
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hermes_vb
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29. July 2008 @ 11:51 |
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Flatulence has a 'tragic' impact on U.S. Society.
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VidJunkie
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29. July 2008 @ 14:08 |
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I believe that they are inflating the loss figures by ignoring the fact that a large proportion of the "pirated" software would never have been purchased if that were only option. Also, since pirated software is quirky, not the most recent release, and comes with no support users who decide they truly need the software may end up purchasing it anyway, if the price is reasonable.
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Mez
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29. July 2008 @ 21:34 |
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I am sure they figure everyone would be buying several of each product at at least list price. They don't have any numbers so the make up numbers to suit themselves. I wish I could just make up stuff for my job!
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vudoo
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3. August 2008 @ 11:18 |
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Well for starters if some software wern't so damn expensive such as Zoomtext for the visually impaired $500 (If you want speech) there would not be a need for software piracy
Here is something else to put in your pipe and smoke:
Thanks to the linux nerds you now have open source Windows software in which is FREEWARE and legal to Download. I'll give you some examples:
Abi Word- This program does almost exactly the same thing as did Microsoft Word in Office 2000 (which many of us Pirates have been using and sharing). Now when I help a friend get their computer set up instead of having to find my Pirated copy of Office 2000, I head over to the net and simply Download Abi Word for them and tell them to save all their documents to the .doc format. This way if they ever have to use the document in school, it would still load in MS word and they don't have to buy anything from the fat cat Bill Gates.
Winamp Pro fans there is a FREEWARE open source version of that too called Aimp. Does almost the same thing. I use to head over to the crack sites weekly to check for updates of Winamp. Now I just use Aimp and I don't have to worry about cracking anything.
And finally ConvertXtodvd Again an open source FREEWARE called DvD Flick. Does the same damn thing as the expensive alternative. And you want to know something else to trip your trigger? I learned about the FREEWARE clones on none other than a Pirate web site ha ha ha so now the Pirates are now Programmers and they do what they do best and that is Sharing because its caring.
Pirate in my heart, Pirate in my soul. Download All and Share it ALL.
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pav376
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22. August 2008 @ 12:34 |
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25,000 cops that could be and 100 middle schools is a load of crap. the money would probably go into buying another multi-billon dollar killing machine. Some of the planes and the bombs on board are worth a couple billion. If they're worried about 1.4 billon dollars they could not built a couple fighter jets costing well over a billion dollars.
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23. August 2008 @ 05:48 |
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The government just made 8$ off my 50 pack of Singapore Verbs DL purchase today. (There's my contribution)
No time for Leap frog!!!
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 23. August 2008 @ 05:49
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Mez
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26. August 2008 @ 07:39 |
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I just heard a new flash. Pirates are responcible for the energy crisis! Yes! If we beat the crap out of them they will give us back all the oil they pirated and gas will be a dollar/gal.
vudoo, thanks for being helpful. I never did understand why something like Office has doubled in price after all meaningful had already been made. The upgrades now only put junk into it to make it more bloated and less stable. Now they changed the interface. That is kind of like changing ther national language, just because. They charge extra for that stupidity!
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LukeWiggy
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26. August 2008 @ 07:53 |
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well if it were that bad why dont the ISP block sites and shit? noobz
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Mez
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26. August 2008 @ 08:25 |
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Do not mention that or you may get what you wished for. They have always had that ability but it was stupidly applied. They are paying the programmers more money have have gotten a smarter batch. ISPs are experimenting with it in isolated nodes in various parts of the world. Both sides are working on the problem. There are places where the ISPs have got it right. Soon the ISPs will have the upper hand and private sites will lose lots of members.
I would get it while I could.
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Winddog
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17. May 2009 @ 20:58 |
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Hi, no one has ever said any thing about how much revenu is lost at the retail stores because of people are stealing DVD's and CD's. It probaly exceeds what is Pirated. That is true Piracy.
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Mez
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18. May 2009 @ 07:18 |
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Winddog, No that is theft. That is a true loss. The store bought the material and then it was stolen. Much of the piracy loss is wishful thinking. A person will pick up a pirated version for free which they would never buy in a million years. It is complete foolishness to say that if a person couldn't pick up the copy for free they would have bought it.
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