Like I said in the parent, "[I am not] trying to imply that anything is justifiable if you need to catch up to the competition" It is also worth noting that wh

Like I said in the parent, "[I am not] trying to imply that anything is justifiable if you need to catch up to the competition" It is also worth noting that while not paying your rent/employees has an immediate harm, it is not so quite clear if there is an immediate harm with warez software. If my startup downloads Photoshop, did I deny Adobe products a sale if I would just grumble and use an alternative if I could not? You could argue either way, but there would be no clear answer. If I don't give someone money for rent, did I deny them money? Well, quite obviously, yes.