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Originally Posted by aakion
There is two thief one who steal a thing which is cost around Rs. 40,000/- and other who steal a thing that cost will not more than Rs. 55/-. and my question is... Whom do you want to get caught?
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Catch No.2 first. #2 is a worse pirate because of several reasons:
1. Rs.55/- software is affordable and well within the reach of any computer owner.
2. The developer selling his software for 55/- only is targeting individual
computer users. For him/her, it's definitely a big loss considering the effort
put into the development and maintenance of the software. The reason for
the price being so low, is that the developer is counting on the number of
users to survive. In this case, piracy directly affects the target.
3. The Rs.40,000/- software is most definitely targeting special/enterprise
users. Since most of such business sites will buy the license anyway, the
developer doesn't suffer much from piracy. In this case, usually the pirate
is not one of the expected customers of the program.
Both are guilty and affect the economy, but the Rs.55/- pirate should be
treated harshly.