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So I see that you run https://eggerapps.at/ https://eggerapps.at/ , where you sell various pieces of software that I'm sure you've spent a lot of time creating

So I see that you run https://eggerapps.at/ https://eggerapps.at/ , where you sell various pieces of software that I'm sure you've spent a lot of time creating and perfecting. How would you like it if I set up a mirror with cracked versions of all of your apps, and then successfully diverted all of your sales to it? And then when you sue me, how would you like it if I openly mocked you? I'll post your takedown letters on a section of my site where I call you a fool, do the digital equivalent of spitting in your face, and continue to flagrantly violate your rights. That's exactly what the Pirate Bay does and I don’t understand how someone who sells their painstakingly created intellectual property could support that, let alone admit to participating in it. Edit: na85, and what if I only divert 10% of the sales? Why should I now be totally innocent?

theothertom 9y ago
I do see that site will happily sell me software, with a variety of payment methods, to a huge list of countries. Some TV/film/(to a lesser extent) music is not available at all to consumers in any given country. It seems at least morally reasonable to download from TPB if you've tried Amazon/Netfilx/iTunes first and the content isn't available (as OP mentioned that they do)
na85 9y ago
>and then successfully diverted all of your sales to it? No doubt you can back up this assertion that the pirate Bay diverted all or at least the majority of movie sales.
rprime 9y ago
Given that he himself is a creator and someone directly affected by piracy (in this case software cracking) I assume he knows what he's talking about. As a creator as well, I am aware that my software is out in the wild and people are using it for free and so far I've yet to notice any harm coming from it, quite the contrary. Even if we live in a connected world, we still don't live in a fair world, having a credit card or a PayPal account is still a hard thing to obtain in quite a bit of countries and so it happens that from time to time I receive emails of users that are using cracked version of my software offering to snail mail me checks or asking me for alternative payment methods, in these cases me knowing that they get enough joy of my apps is payment enough. In my case I do believe this is free marketing, in the end a good chunk of users come back and buy the apps if it's truly useful for them and counting the others that wont buy it as lost sales is stupid as they would not spend the money anyway.
pbhjpbhj 9y ago
It'd be awesome if you did this: expected net result, he gets more sales and at the low cost of 10% of revenue, much less than other distribution channels!

theothertom 9y ago

I do see that site will happily sell me software, with a variety of payment methods, to a huge list of countries. Some TV/film/(to a lesser extent) music is not available at all to consumers in any given country. It seems at least morally reasonable to download from TPB if you've tried Amazon/Netfilx/iTunes first and the content isn't available (as OP mentioned that they do)

na85 9y ago

>and then successfully diverted all of your sales to it? No doubt you can back up this assertion that the pirate Bay diverted all or at least the majority of movie sales.

rprime 9y ago

Given that he himself is a creator and someone directly affected by piracy (in this case software cracking) I assume he knows what he's talking about. As a creator as well, I am aware that my software is out in the wild and people are using it for free and so far I've yet to notice any harm coming from it, quite the contrary. Even if we live in a connected world, we still don't live in a fair world, having a credit card or a PayPal account is still a hard thing to obtain in quite a bit of countries and so it happens that from time to time I receive emails of users that are using cracked version of my software offering to snail mail me checks or asking me for alternative payment methods, in these cases me knowing that they get enough joy of my apps is payment enough. In my case I do believe this is free marketing, in the end a good chunk of users come back and buy the apps if it's truly useful for them and counting the others that wont buy it as lost sales is stupid as they would not spend the money anyway.

pbhjpbhj 9y ago

It'd be awesome if you did this: expected net result, he gets more sales and at the low cost of 10% of revenue, much less than other distribution channels!