I actually don't know whether or not it would help his business or harm it. I suspect (without research) that applications which gain utility in proportion to t

I actually don't know whether or not it would help his business or harm it. I suspect (without research) that applications which gain utility in proportion to the size of their userbase are probably helped by piracy more then they are hurt, but niche applications that perform a specialized function and have a small target audience are badly hurt by it. My comment was mostly intended as a thought-provoker.