Piracy first increases product visibility and increases overall sales until a saturation point is reached. Once market visibility is achieved then piracy repre

Piracy first increases product visibility and increases overall sales until a saturation point is reached. Once market visibility is achieved then piracy represents a loss of sales. http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/24446/is-there-a-list-of-software-companies-that-have-gone-out-of-business-due-to-pirac/24525#24525 http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/24446/is-ther... As for the X is or is not theft discussions, let's see what Richard Feynman has to say about it: You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing — that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.